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Mesoscale Discussion 234

March 19, 20115 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 19, 2011, 7:30 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2011, 7:30 AM CDT (12:30 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2011, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 34 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Harper County, KS, Meade County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 51Mar 19, 9:45 AM 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
Mar 19, 5:30 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Labette and 1 more	3 hr
Mar 19, 9:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 26 more	6 hr
Mar 19, 11:32 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 36 more	118 min
Mar 19, 3:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 36 more	85 min
Mar 19, 3:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 29 more	85 min
Mar 19, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Borden, Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson and 18 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2011 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2011 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2011 Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.