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Mesoscale Discussion 864

May 13, 200514 counties in Oklahoma; 26 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 13, 2005, 5:56 PM CDT for 14 counties in Oklahoma; 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2005, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Jack County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Motley County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson64 min
May 12, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGreer, Harmon, Jackson5 hr
May 12, 9:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 10 more85 min
May 12, 10:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson and 3 more57 min
May 12, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 17 more5 hr
May 13, 1:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Garfield, Grady and 5 more86 min
May 13, 4:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Stephens, Tillman56 min
May 13, 1:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarmon, Jackson83 min
May 13, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 8 more7 hr
May 13, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Craig, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay and 8 more85 min
May 13, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Craig, Custer, Delaware, Dewey and 21 more7 hr
May 13, 6:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Grant and 12 more65 min
May 13, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 20 more7 hr
May 13, 1:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Cottle, Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Hall and 2 more63 min
May 13, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaylor, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Foard and 8 more5 hr
May 13, 2:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Crockett, Irion, Terrell2 hr
May 13, 6:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Crane, Fisher, Glasscock, Howard, Irion and 11 more67 min
May 13, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Eastland and 16 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2005Every 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.