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Mesoscale Discussion 645

April 24, 20065 counties in Kansas; 27 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 24, 2006, 8:27 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas; 27 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2006, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 32 counties

Cowley County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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.

Tornado Watch 247Apr 24, 8:40 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
Apr 24, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal and 33 more	5 hr
Apr 24, 10:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal and 27 more	90 min
Apr 25, 1:11 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 9 more	64 min
Apr 25, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell and 13 more	5 hr
Apr 25, 4:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bryan, Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2006 Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.