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Mesoscale Discussion 1284
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT for 13 counties in Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties
Beckham County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Donley County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Motley County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 423 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 10:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer, Dewey and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey and 9 more | 119 min |
| Jul 15, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 24 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Carson, Castro, Dallam, Deaf Smith and 12 more | 89 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.