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Mesoscale Discussion 1047

May 26, 200820 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Oklahoma; 9 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 26, 2008, 1:31 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Oklahoma; 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2008, 1:31 PM CDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2008, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harper County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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 25, 8:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase and 31 more113 min
May 25, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 32 more3 hr
May 25, 9:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Pratt2 hr
May 25, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 15 more6 hr
May 26, 12:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 10 more95 min
May 26, 2:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Crawford, Labette93 min
May 26, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 29 more6 hr
May 26, 3:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 19 more96 min
May 26, 6:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 26 more2 hr
May 25, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Creek and 19 more6 hr
May 25, 8:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Castro, Crane, Crockett, Culberson and 19 more2 hr
May 26, 1:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Coke, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson and 22 more95 min
May 26, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Coke, Cottle, Crane and 32 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2008Every 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.