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Mesoscale Discussion 1925
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 16, 2024, 7:38 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas; McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri; 27 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2024, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2024, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe thunderstorm watch 628
All 30 counties
Benton County, AR, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Oklahoma 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, Washita County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 288 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1380 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Conway, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Marion and 6 more | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Johnson and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Washington | 84 min |
| Aug 16, 11:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Newton and 6 more | 97 min |
| Aug 17, 1:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 38 more | 113 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2024Every mesoscale discussion in 2024
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.