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Mesoscale Discussion 438

March 17, 200823 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 17, 2008, 10:25 AM CDT for 23 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2008, 10:25 AM CDT (15:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2008, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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 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, 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, 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

Nearby

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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.