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Mesoscale Discussion 953

June 5, 2009Morton County, Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 21 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2009, 3:58 PM CDT for Morton County, Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2009, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 26 counties

Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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 333Jun 5, 4:40 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
Jun 5, 3:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Sherman	87 min
Jun 5, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Sherman	7 hr
Jun 5, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clark, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 15 more	9 hr
Jun 5, 6:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Sherman	83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.