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Mesoscale Discussion 852

May 12, 20059 counties in Oklahoma; Wichita County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 12, 2005, 10:48 PM CDT for 9 counties in Oklahoma; Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2005, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2005, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, McClain County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 265May 12, 11:35 PM CDT

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 7:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson	64 min
May 12, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	5 hr
May 12, 9:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 10 more	85 min
May 12, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 17 more	5 hr
May 13, 1:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Garfield, Grady and 5 more	86 min
May 13, 4:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Comanche, Cotton, Stephens, Tillman	56 min
May 13, 1:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Harmon, Jackson	83 min
May 13, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 8 more	7 hr
May 13, 3:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Craig, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay and 8 more	85 min
May 13, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Craig, Custer, Delaware, Dewey and 21 more	7 hr
May 13, 5:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 8 more	64 min
May 13, 6:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Grant and 12 more	65 min
May 13, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 20 more	7 hr
May 13, 1:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Hall and 2 more	63 min
May 13, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baylor, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Foard and 8 more	5 hr
May 13, 2:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brewster, Crockett, Irion, Terrell	2 hr
May 13, 6:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coke, Crane, Fisher, Glasscock, Howard, Irion and 11 more	67 min
May 13, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Eastland and 16 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005 Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.