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Mesoscale Discussion 238

February 16, 20085 counties in Kansas; 20 counties in Oklahoma; 18 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 16, 2008, 6:36 AM CST for 5 counties in Kansas; 20 counties in Oklahoma; 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2008, 6:36 AM CST (12:36 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2008, 10:30 AM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 43 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Harper County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Feb 15, 11:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 18 more	5 hr
Feb 16, 1:09 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, Tillman	66 min
Feb 15, 7:00 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Bexar, Dimmit, Frio, Guadalupe, Karnes and 3 more	90 min
Feb 15, 10:38 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Austin, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Liberty and 7 more	97 min
Feb 16, 2:53 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Borden, Coke, Concho, Edwards, Fisher, Glasscock and 16 more	67 min
Feb 16, 10:00 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Bandera, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 39 more	90 min
Feb 16, 12:01 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 30 more	89 min
Feb 16, 12:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 50 more	6 hr
Feb 16, 2:00 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos and 49 more	90 min
Feb 16, 2:26 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazoria, Brazos and 54 more	6 hr
Feb 16, 3:31 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 41 more	59 min
Feb 16, 5:57 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Cherokee, Colorado and 29 more	2 hr

Nearby

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