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Mesoscale Discussion 2201

November 4, 202420 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 4, 2024, 5:01 AM CST for 20 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 2024, 5:01 AM CST (11:01 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 2024, 7:00 AM CST
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
60%
All 28 counties

Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Baylor County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2024-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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 2024-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 635 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
635 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
560 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 6:46 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Haskell and 8 more119 min
Nov 3, 7:41 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 10 more4 hr
Nov 3, 9:59 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHaskell, Hughes, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Pittsburg and 1 more2 hr
Nov 3, 11:37 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreer, Harmon, Jackson2 hr
Nov 4, 8:37 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal and 27 more2 hr
Nov 4, 10:52 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 34 more9 hr
Nov 4, 12:12 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 33 more63 min
Nov 4, 1:14 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa91 min
Nov 4, 2:54 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa and 2 more96 min
Nov 4, 5:05 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcCurtain55 min
Nov 4, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain6 hr
Nov 3, 7:19 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Nolan and 4 more86 min
Nov 4, 1:07 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 13 more83 min
Nov 4, 1:26 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 1 more2 hr
Nov 4, 3:38 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Burnet, Camp, Collin, Coryell and 30 more2 hr

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.