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Mesoscale Discussion 1002
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2026, 1:17 PM CDT for 29 counties in Oklahoma; 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 88 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2026, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2026, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch unlikely
- Chance of a watch
- 5%
All 35 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, Stephens and 1 more | 92 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2026Every mesoscale discussion in 2026
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.