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Mesoscale Discussion 873

June 25, 20184 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2018, 3:34 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2018, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2018, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Jasper County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Lincoln 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, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2018-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 218 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 2018-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
218 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-476 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 8 more84 min
Jun 24, 7:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEllis, Jewell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith84 min
Jun 24, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Ford, Hodgeman, Meade7 hr
Jun 24, 9:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt86 min
Jun 24, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt6 hr
Jun 24, 11:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner67 min
Jun 25, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Harper, Montgomery, Sumner5 hr
Jun 25, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Cole, Cooper and 27 more97 min
Jun 25, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Worth2 hr
Jun 24, 7:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Red River and 1 more117 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.