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Mesoscale Discussion 956

June 4, 201318 counties in Oklahoma; 31 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2013, 5:06 PM CDT for 18 counties in Oklahoma; 31 counties in Texas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2013, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 49 counties

Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Donley County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 277Jun 4, 5:40 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
Jun 3, 10:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Cimarron and 16 more	67 min
Jun 3, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Custer, Dewey and 9 more	5 hr
Jun 4, 1:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 3 more	83 min
Jun 4, 3:30 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Garvin, Grady and 11 more	90 min
Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 25 more	5 hr
Jun 4, 6:50 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Coal, Johnston, Love, Marshall	55 min
Jun 4, 3:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cimarron	95 min
Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 12 more	6 hr
Jun 4, 2:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Callahan, Coke, Concho, Crockett, Fisher, Haskell and 16 more	96 min

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.