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Mesoscale Discussion 676
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 18, 2013, 2:19 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas; 28 counties in Oklahoma; 30 counties in Texas. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2013, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2013, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 95%
All 82 counties
Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harper County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver 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, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas | 96 min |
| May 18, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Cheyenne, Clark and 48 more | 8 hr |
| May 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Edwards, Ford, Gove, Graham, Hodgeman and 9 more | 60 min |
| May 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jewell, Republic | 33 min |
| May 18, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 32 more | 8 hr |
| May 18, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa and 3 more | 53 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.