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Mesoscale Discussion 965

May 25, 20254 counties in Arkansas; 19 counties in Kansas; 19 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2025, 5:24 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; 19 counties in Kansas; 19 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2025, 5:24 AM CDT (10:24 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 321
All 42 counties

Benton County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barber County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harper County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Adair County, OK, Alfalfa County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2025-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4250 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2025-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.9
Supercell composite
25.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Crawford, Washington9 hr
May 25, 1:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 41 more118 min
May 25, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 41 more8 hr
May 25, 3:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 33 more87 min
May 24, 9:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Elk, Harper, Labette and 2 more90 min
May 24, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita6 hr
May 24, 11:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFinney, Gove, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Hodgeman and 7 more86 min
May 24, 7:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer and 13 more83 min
May 24, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer and 7 more4 hr
May 24, 11:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Washita93 min
May 25, 1:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Kay, Mayes, Nowata and 6 more89 min
May 25, 1:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal and 19 more97 min
May 25, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland and 20 more6 hr
May 25, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHarmon, Jackson, Tillman9 hr
May 25, 5:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, Hughes, Lincoln, McClain and 6 more96 min
May 25, 5:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas116 min
May 25, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas7 hr
May 25, 6:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Comanche and 16 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.