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Mesoscale Discussion 7
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 8, 2026, 7:49 AM CST for 35 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2026, 7:49 AM CST (13:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2026, 9:15 AM CST
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch possible
- Chance of a watch
- 60%
All 35 counties
Adair County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 710 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 424 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 5:41 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 25 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh and 10 more | 243 days |
| Jan 8, 9:08 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, Ottawa and 1 more | 2 hr |
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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.