Alert archive / Oklahoma / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 506
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 30, 2008, 8:50 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2008, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Harper County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 37 more | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 32 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 5 more | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 45 more | 91 min |
| Mar 31, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Nemaha | 91 min |
| Mar 31, 6:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 15 more | 88 min |
| Mar 31, 7:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more | 85 min |
| Mar 31, 8:44 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 8 more | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 16 more | 88 min |
| Mar 31, 2:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Logan, Noble, Osage and 2 more | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 4:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Pawnee | 90 min |
| Mar 31, 12:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cotton, Jefferson and 4 more | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer and 6 more | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more | 56 min |
| Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.