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Mesoscale Discussion 336

March 26, 201716 counties in Oklahoma; 13 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2017, 5:13 PM CDT for 16 counties in Oklahoma; 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2017, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2017-03-26Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2017-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 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
1175 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 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 26, 1:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Cleveland, Garvin, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more66 min
Mar 26, 2:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Canadian, Carter and 34 more86 min
Mar 26, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Canadian, Carter and 36 more7 hr
Mar 26, 6:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major, Noble and 6 more87 min
Mar 26, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Delta, Ellis and 21 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.