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Mesoscale Discussion 1940

October 5, 20136 counties in Oklahoma; 27 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 5, 2013, 12:45 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 27 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 5, 2013, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired: Oct 5, 2013, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 33 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Coal County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 4, 9:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Craig and 21 more	90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2013 Every 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.