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Mesoscale Discussion 2175

October 30, 20245 counties in Arkansas; 25 counties in Oklahoma; 11 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 30, 2024, 10:43 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas; 25 counties in Oklahoma; 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 30, 2024, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired
Oct 30, 2024, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
40%
All 41 counties

Benton County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2024-10-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 998 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 2024-10-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
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
Oct 30, 9:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton90 min
Oct 30, 7:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCreek, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Rogers, Tulsa61 min
Oct 30, 8:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee and 2 more59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.