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Mesoscale Discussion 1668
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 8, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico; 8 counties in Oklahoma; 44 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 60%
All 54 counties
Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 4:31 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay | 89 min |
| Aug 7, 7:16 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 89 min |
| Aug 7, 8:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield and 6 more | 88 min |
| Aug 7, 9:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:30 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Texas | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 2:18 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Creek, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Nowata and 7 more | 87 min |
| Aug 8, 2:57 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Greer and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 30 more | 88 min |
| Aug 8, 4:24 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 1 more | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 22 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Greer and 7 more | 88 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013
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.