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Mesoscale Discussion 435

April 22, 202032 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 22, 2020, 8:36 AM CDT for 32 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2020, 8:36 AM CDT (13:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 32 counties

Atoka County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Creek County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:39 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2020-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 2020-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 375 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-449 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1138 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
455 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 9:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 24 more95 min
Apr 21, 11:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 24 more88 min
Apr 22, 1:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 7 more84 min
Apr 22, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Garvin, Johnston and 6 more4 hr
Apr 22, 2:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Ellis, Harper, Texas, Woods, Woodward119 min
Apr 22, 8:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 46 more6 hr
Apr 22, 11:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, LeFlore and 5 more91 min
Apr 22, 1:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 7 more63 min
Apr 22, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 11 more6 hr
Apr 22, 4:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Garvin, Johnston, Marshall and 2 more62 min
Apr 22, 6:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcCurtain66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.