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Mesoscale Discussion 1913

August 15, 20244 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 15, 2024, 7:46 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2024, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2024, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 625
All 83 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Washington County, AR, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble 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, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2024-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1966 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 2024-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1966 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 11:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Washington31 min
Aug 16, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington7 hr
Aug 16, 6:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Madison, Washington90 min
Aug 16, 10:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Edwards, Harvey, Hodgeman, Kingman, McPherson and 8 more110 min
Aug 16, 10:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 20 more7 hr
Aug 16, 2:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more113 min
Aug 15, 7:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPerry92 min
Aug 15, 8:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 14 more118 min
Aug 15, 8:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Scotland84 min
Aug 16, 1:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMarion, Ralls116 min
Aug 16, 3:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Ellis, Roger Mills, Texas20 min

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.