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Mesoscale Discussion 684

April 28, 200617 counties in Oklahoma; 21 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 28, 2006, 6:07 PM CDT for 17 counties in Oklahoma; 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2006, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 38 counties

Caddo County, OK, Carter County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Love County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Denton County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Montague County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 258Apr 28, 6:40 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 28, 7:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Cimarron, Harper, Texas	117 min
Apr 28, 10:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Custer, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 3 more	97 min
Apr 28, 11:36 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more	9 hr
Apr 28, 1:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Jefferson and 5 more	86 min
Apr 28, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 11 more	7 hr
Apr 28, 10:43 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Borden, Crosby, Dawson, Garza, Glasscock, Howard and 8 more	92 min
Apr 28, 1:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble and 10 more	62 min
Apr 28, 1:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Briscoe, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, Foard, Hall and 7 more	85 min
Apr 28, 1:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bandera, Blanco, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 13 more	6 hr
Apr 28, 3:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Childress, Coke, Cottle, Dickens, Fisher, Foard and 17 more	2 hr
Apr 28, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 11 more	2 hr
Apr 28, 6:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Brown, Burnet, Callahan and 42 more	87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.