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November 16, 201513 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Oklahoma; 44 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 16, 2015, 8:07 PM CST for 13 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Oklahoma; 44 counties in Texas. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 16, 2015, 8:07 PM CST (02:07 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2015, 9:30 PM CST
In force: 83 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 66 counties

Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 16, 7:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton and 9 more	92 min
Nov 16, 8:17 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 22 more	7 hr
Nov 16, 10:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Pratt and 4 more	86 min
Nov 17, 12:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Rice and 2 more	2 hr
Nov 17, 1:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Chautauqua, Cowley, Labette, Montgomery	5 hr
Nov 17, 10:27 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more	4 hr
Nov 17, 3:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Greeley, Hamilton, Logan, Morton and 6 more	4 hr
Nov 17, 4:35 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware and 14 more	115 min
Nov 17, 4:48 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	McCurtain	4 hr
Nov 16, 6:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 22 more	8 hr
Nov 16, 8:16 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 26 more	89 min
Nov 16, 10:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Collin, Comanche and 33 more	7 hr
Nov 17, 2:17 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell and 21 more	118 min
Nov 17, 4:18 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Camp and 39 more	57 min
Nov 17, 8:24 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Jasper, Marion and 10 more	66 min
Nov 17, 8:55 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Bowie, Cass, Chambers, Fort Bend, Hardin and 21 more	7 hr
Nov 17, 12:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine	116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.