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Mesoscale Discussion 1011

May 24, 200822 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2008, 6:49 PM CDT for 22 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2008, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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.

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 23, 8:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey and 20 more	58 min
May 23, 10:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 10 more	57 min
May 23, 11:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 15 more	54 min
May 24, 12:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne	64 min
May 24, 1:03 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Creek, Garfield, Grant and 11 more	6 hr
May 24, 2:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 15 more	87 min
May 24, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Creek, Custer, Dewey and 17 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2008 Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.