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Mesoscale Discussion 2280

December 24, 200929 counties in Oklahoma; 29 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 24, 2009, 7:25 AM CST for 29 counties in Oklahoma; 29 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2009, 7:25 AM CST (13:25 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2009, 1:30 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, McClain 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, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hall 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, Motley County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:26 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
Dec 23, 7:50 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcCurtain85 min
Dec 23, 8:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain9 hr
Dec 23, 11:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman6 hr
Dec 24, 11:23 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Craig and 26 more6 hr
Dec 23, 11:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bell and 79 more114 min
Dec 24, 3:30 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Bowie, Brazoria, Camp, Cass, Chambers and 29 more2 hr
Dec 24, 4:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, Newton and 5 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2009Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.