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Mesoscale Discussion 683

May 24, 201415 counties in Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2014, 2:58 PM CDT for 15 counties in Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2014, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 31 counties

Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 8:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crane, Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and 5 more	64 min
May 23, 10:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Gaines, Hudspeth and 9 more	97 min
May 24, 1:45 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham, Parmer	90 min
May 24, 6:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gaines, Loving	94 min
May 24, 12:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 19 more	3 hr
May 24, 12:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Callahan, Fisher, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor	2 hr
May 24, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett and 22 more	8 hr
May 24, 3:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Crockett, Dawson, Ector and 19 more	91 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.