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Mesoscale Discussion 1771

October 6, 201628 counties in Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 6, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT for 28 counties in Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Hardeman County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2179 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 324 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.2
Supercell composite
16.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 11:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Garfield, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble and 3 more117 min
Oct 6, 1:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 17 more2 hr
Oct 6, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 35 more9 hr
Oct 6, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Dickens, Fisher, Glasscock, Howard, Kent and 9 more2 hr

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.