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Mesoscale Discussion 428

April 4, 20175 counties in Arkansas; Barry County, McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri; 40 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 4, 2017, 1:48 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas; Barry County, McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri; 40 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2017, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 48 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2017-04-04Temperature 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 2017-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 383 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
758 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more8 hr
Apr 4, 6:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Polk and 3 more56 min
Apr 3, 11:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 4 more65 min
Apr 4, 3:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Cleveland, Coal, Creek, Hughes and 19 more97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.