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Mesoscale Discussion 281

April 11, 20159 counties in Kansas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 11, 2015, 6:31 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2015, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 89 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 23 counties

Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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 11, 3:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Morton, Stevens	94 min
Apr 11, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens	7 hr

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.