Atmospheric Contributors to Heavy Rainfall Events in the Arkansas-Red River Basin

Table 8

Minimum, maximum, and average values of sounding parameters for each location as well as the basin average.

		Ft. Smith	Tulsa (SGF)	Tulsa (OUN)	Wichita	OKC	Wichita Falls	Dodge City	Amarillo	Colorado Springs	Basin average
Magnitude	Min	78.20	76.50	76.50	66.50	74.90	66.80	56.10	49.30	47.00	65.76
	Avg	94.32	90.80	90.80	96.04	101.56	84.99	74.23	69.69	68.93	85.55
	Max	145.30	144.80	144.80	261.90	193.50	132.10	120.40	145.80	114.3	155.88
PWater (mm)	Min	25.17	27.51	20.65	12.19	20.65	28.70	20.33	23.65	10.41	20.96
	Avg	42.68	39.66	41.05	31.34	43.53	47.32	36.68	34.24	24.60	37.77
	Max	61.67	54.29	57.96	43.18	58.58	60.20	46.58	47.84	35.05	51.71
CAPE	Min	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Avg	452.60	283.01	678.49	737.99	743.40	909.87	426.72	509.37	253.73	551.86
	Max	2166.00	1569.00	2549.00	2335.00	3018.00	2531.00	1756.00	1590.00	1084.00	2066.44
LCL (mb)	Min	805.30	814.60	755.30	787.60	876.90	890.70	692.40	684.70	658.80	774.03
	Avg	920.78	898.71	893.68	848.18	921.69	922.95	854.39	803.34	753.41	868.81
	Max	967.20	940.00	934.00	893.10	947.90	965.80	895.30	857.60	812.90	912.64
LCL (m)	Min	322.00	113.00	305.00	281.00	255.00	250.00	260.00	301.00	210.00	255.22
	Avg	767.20	644.25	784.44	706.88	450.50	646.46	645.71	830.57	944.41	711.04
	Max	1822.00	1463.00	2205.00	1953.00	805.00	1892.00	2410.00	1901.00	2136.00	1843.00
MLMR	Min	6.46	7.80	6.66	5.37	10.71	6.62	7.55	8.76	4.67	6.82
	Avg	12.77	12.68	13.38	11.98	14.59	14.49	12.27	12.03	9.70	12.59
	Max	17.67	16.04	17.65	14.82	18.44	19.18	16.66	14.17	13.51	16.46
-Index	Min	24.80	24.30	13.50	15.90	13.50	35.80	28.30	28.90	N/A	20.99
	Avg	33.47	33.71	33.92	32.62	34.64	38.08	33.68	36.33	N/A	33.98
	Max	40.80	42.20	43.20	47.20	43.20	43.30	46.40	42.50	N/A	43.64
Freezing level	Min	550.00	560.00	560.00	570.00	520.00	550.00	555.00	545.00	570.00	553.33
	Avg	622.25	621.25	610.28	612.81	601.25	610.38	609.29	601.43	625.29	614.70
	Max	700.00	695.00	680.00	725.00	680.00	675.00	710.00	680.00	780.00	721.67
Neg. 10°C	Min	425.00	440.00	440.00	450.00	420.00	439.00	450.00	445.00	450.00	439.89
	Avg	501.50	497.50	493.33	507.88	488.13	493.46	487.86	482.86	501.76	495.53
	Max	575.00	560.00	550.00	635.00	560.00	555.00	590.00	550.00	600.00	575.00
WCD	Min	265.30	321.80	291.70	119.30	349.30	355.70	222.40	109.70	189.10	247.14
	Avg	419.28	401.20625	400.35	339.43	433.57	437.65	366.54	201.91	251.65	360.92
	Max	532.60	476.70	454.40	438.20	506.60	494.20	445.30	260.80	331.80	437.84