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Mesoscale Discussion 212

February 24, 20137 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 24, 2013, 7:52 PM CST for 7 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2013, 7:52 PM CST (01:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2013, 9:45 PM CST
In force: 113 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Beckham County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Baylor County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 39Feb 24, 10:35 PM CST

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
Feb 24, 7:20 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Texas	6 hr
Feb 25, 3:39 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Texas, Woods and 1 more	5 hr
Feb 25, 10:54 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 20 more	6 hr
Feb 24, 10:25 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 29 more	2 hr
Feb 24, 10:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 27 more	5 hr
Feb 25, 2:01 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 19 more	119 min
Feb 25, 9:25 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hardin, Harrison, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange and 5 more	65 min
Feb 25, 12:26 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	10 hr

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.