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Mesoscale Discussion 662

May 16, 20134 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 16, 2013, 2:48 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2013, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2013, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 45 counties

Baca County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Grant County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 11:59 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPhillips, Sedgwick2 hr
May 16, 12:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKit Carson, Yuma6 hr
May 16, 2:12 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Morgan, Weld93 min
May 16, 2:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more85 min
May 16, 5:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Sheridan and 2 more90 min
May 15, 6:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Hughes, Jackson and 5 more57 min
May 15, 8:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Choctaw88 min
May 15, 6:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell and 13 more65 min
May 15, 10:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet and 23 more5 hr
May 15, 10:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Bosque, Coryell, Dallas, Ellis, Hamilton and 11 more96 min
May 16, 12:26 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet and 21 more94 min
May 16, 2:21 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Lee, Madison, Milam and 1 more24 min
May 16, 11:07 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarrison, Marion83 min

Nearby

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