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Mesoscale Discussion 323

March 2, 200812 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 2, 2008, 8:01 PM CST for 12 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 2008, 8:01 PM CST (02:01 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2008, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Collin County, TX, Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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 87Mar 2, 8:25 PM CST

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
Mar 2, 6:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 13 more	8 hr
Mar 2, 6:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee and 8 more	7 hr
Mar 2, 8:23 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 8 more	8 hr
Mar 2, 9:33 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	57 min
Mar 3, 1:36 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Choctaw, LeFlore, McCurtain	54 min
Mar 2, 11:04 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 12 more	56 min
Mar 2, 11:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Irion and 13 more	5 hr
Mar 3, 1:57 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Coryell and 26 more	6 hr
Mar 3, 3:01 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Harrison, Marion and 4 more	89 min
Mar 3, 3:24 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bastrop, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Grimes and 9 more	96 min
Mar 3, 5:21 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Camp and 28 more	84 min
Mar 3, 6:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Angelina, Austin, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 43 more	6 hr
Mar 3, 10:18 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Austin, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 43 more	87 min
Mar 3, 10:36 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine and 3 more	9 hr

Nearby

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