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Mesoscale Discussion 700

May 11, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 11, 2017, 6:07 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2017, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Barry County, MO, Jasper County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Adair County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2017-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 592 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 2017-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1262 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more8 hr
May 11, 1:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Sevier2 hr
May 11, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more9 hr
May 11, 2:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 34 more116 min
May 11, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 45 more7 hr
May 11, 5:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll and 56 more56 min
May 11, 11:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Elk and 6 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.