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Mesoscale Discussion 244

April 1, 201416 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 1, 2014, 8:18 PM CDT for 16 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2014, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 26 counties

Caddo County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 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 1, 9:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 7 more	93 min
Apr 2, 2:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Craig, Custer, Dewey, Garfield and 12 more	116 min
Apr 2, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Craig, Custer, Dewey, Garfield and 10 more	7 hr
Apr 2, 6:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Craig, Custer, Dewey, Garfield and 10 more	60 min
Apr 1, 7:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Throckmorton	35 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2014 Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.