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Mesoscale Discussion 479

April 15, 2013Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas; 31 counties in Oklahoma; 14 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 15, 2013, 7:04 PM CDT for Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas; 31 counties in Oklahoma; 14 counties in Texas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2013, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 47 counties

Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Coal County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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 109Apr 15, 10:15 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
Apr 15, 8:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton	61 min
Apr 15, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Washington	6 hr
Apr 16, 1:08 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Washington	67 min
Apr 16, 5:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Eastland and 14 more	57 min

Nearby

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