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Mesoscale Discussion 648

April 30, 20095 counties in Oklahoma; 15 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 30, 2009, 5:26 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma; 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2009, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2009, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Beckham County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Motley County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 218Apr 30, 7:55 PM CDT

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beckham, Bryan, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Greer and 10 more	4 hr
Apr 29, 11:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon and 7 more	96 min
Apr 30, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cotton, Harmon, Jackson and 5 more	6 hr
Apr 30, 3:13 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cotton, Jefferson, Love, Tillman	92 min
Apr 30, 1:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh and 9 more	2 hr
Apr 30, 5:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Dewey and 15 more	92 min
Apr 29, 7:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coke, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Glasscock, Irion and 13 more	84 min
Apr 30, 1:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jim Hogg, Webb, Zapata	97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2009 Every 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.