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Mesoscale Discussion 572

May 11, 20148 counties in Oklahoma; 15 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 11, 2014, 7:51 PM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma; 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2014, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 23 counties

Beckham County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Baylor County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Motley County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 146May 11, 8:20 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 11, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Greer, Harmon and 5 more	6 hr
May 11, 8:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Harper, Woods, Woodward	90 min
May 11, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 13 more	6 hr
May 11, 11:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Dewey, Ellis, Major, Roger Mills and 2 more	64 min
May 12, 11:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Coal and 25 more	83 min
May 12, 2:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Delaware, Ottawa	2 hr
May 12, 2:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Dimmit and 17 more	97 min
May 12, 6:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Burnet, Coryell, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas and 4 more	97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.