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Mesoscale Discussion 431

March 16, 2008Harmon County, Oklahoma; 37 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 16, 2008, 11:49 PM CDT for Harmon County, Oklahoma; 37 counties in Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2008, 11:49 PM CDT (04:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2008, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Harmon County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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
Mar 17, 2:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 17 more2 hr
Mar 17, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 34 more8 hr
Mar 17, 4:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Harper, Texas119 min
Mar 17, 5:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 23 more94 min
Mar 17, 7:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 26 more83 min
Mar 17, 10:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 17 more65 min
Mar 17, 1:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa and 3 more88 min
Mar 17, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 9 more6 hr
Mar 17, 3:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 11 more97 min
Mar 17, 4:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCleveland, Creek, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, McClain and 12 more24 min
Mar 17, 5:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Latimer, McCurtain, Pushmataha30 min
Mar 17, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 3 more5 hr
Mar 17, 6:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more25 min
Mar 17, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 38 more9 hr
Mar 17, 10:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 39 more92 min
Mar 17, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan and 54 more7 hr

Nearby

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