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Mesoscale Discussion 1759

October 4, 201631 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 4, 2016, 7:17 PM CDT for 31 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2016, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2016-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1817 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 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
1817 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.9
Supercell composite
14.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 7:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCOsage, Pawnee, Washington2 hr
Oct 4, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCreek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and 1 more3 hr
Oct 4, 11:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Creek, Hughes, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee and 9 more62 min
Oct 5, 5:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens54 min

Nearby

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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.