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Mesoscale Discussion 646

May 4, 20226 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 4, 2022, 5:52 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2022, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2022, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Tornado watch 176...177

Counties Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Motley County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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.

Tornado Watch 180May 4, 9:35 PM CDT

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 459 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.9

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 11:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 8 more	3 hr
May 4, 12:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Harmon, Texas	3 hr
May 4, 1:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 28 more	8 hr
May 4, 1:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 4 more	8 hr
May 4, 2:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Comanche and 13 more	2 hr
May 4, 6:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin, Grady, Hughes and 8 more	94 min
May 4, 1:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coke, Crockett, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Midland and 10 more	2 hr
May 4, 2:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 25 more	8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2022 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2022 Every mesoscale discussion in 2022

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.