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Mesoscale Discussion 352
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 10, 2016, 6:57 PM CDT for Greer County, Harmon County, Jackson County, Oklahoma; 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 93 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2016, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties
Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Bailey County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
245 ACUS11 KWNS 102358 SWOMCD SPC MCD 102357 OKZ000-TXZ000-110130- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0352 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0657 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 AREAS AFFECTED...TX PANHANDLE...TX S PLAINS...FAR SW OK...NW TX CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 78... VALID 102357Z - 110130Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 78 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS WW 78. DISCUSSION...RECENT REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY DEPICTS SEVERAL SUPERCELLS ACROSS PORTIONS OF TX PANHANDLE AND THE TX S PLAINS. CLUSTER OF SUPERCELLS NW OF PVW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST...WITH SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE...AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT CONTINUES OVER THE REGION WITH ADDITIONAL FORCING FOR ASCENT PROVIDED BY THE GRADUALLY INCREASING LOW-LEVEL JET. DESPITE THE ONSET OF DIURNAL COOLING...ENVIRONMENT DOWNSTREAM OF THESE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNSTABLE AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO ADVECT NWD. AS A RESULT...THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. LOW POTENTIAL FOR A TORNADO ALSO EXISTS...PARTICULARLY WITH ANY CELLS THAT REMAIN AT LEAST SEMI-DISCRETE AS THEY MOVE EWD TOWARDS NW TX/SW OK. ..MOSIER.. 04/10/2016 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...OUN...SJT...LUB...AMA...MAF... LAT...LON 32580286 34760286 35209900 33029901 32580286
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harmon | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 24 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Rogers and 2 more | 92 min |
| Apr 10, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Terrell and 3 more | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kerr, Kinney and 8 more | 5 hr |
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.