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Mesoscale Discussion 159

February 29, 2016Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas; 26 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 29, 2016, 11:33 PM CST for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas; 26 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 29, 2016, 11:33 PM CST (05:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2016, 12:30 AM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 1:47 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 28 more88 min
Feb 29, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo and 59 more8 hr
Feb 29, 9:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland and 37 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.