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Mesoscale Discussion 603

May 8, 2013Comanche County, Kansas; 23 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2013, 2:19 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas; 23 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2013, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2013, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 28 counties

Comanche County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 149May 8, 3:20 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
May 7, 7:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 10 more	94 min
May 7, 9:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Kiowa and 4 more	54 min
May 8, 2:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Finney, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 9 more	24 min
May 8, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton and 14 more	8 hr
May 8, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 29 more	8 hr
May 8, 5:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Finney, Gove, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell and 11 more	58 min
May 8, 5:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley and 11 more	92 min

Nearby

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