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Mesoscale Discussion 435

March 17, 200829 counties in Oklahoma; 26 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 17, 2008, 5:41 AM CDT for 29 counties in Oklahoma; 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2008, 5:41 AM CDT (10:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2008, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Montague County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 11:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarmon56 min
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, 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 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.