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Mesoscale Discussion 555

April 25, 201723 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 25, 2017, 10:30 PM CDT for 23 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2017, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2017-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1456 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 00:00Z on 2017-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 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
1456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
10.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 7:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCleveland, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garvin, Grady and 23 more91 min
Apr 25, 10:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa54 min
Apr 25, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Sequoyah7 hr
Apr 26, 1:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah2 hr
Apr 26, 5:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and 1 more113 min
Apr 26, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer and 5 more7 hr
Apr 26, 7:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer and 5 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.