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Mesoscale Discussion 562

May 9, 20154 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Oklahoma; 31 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 9, 2015, 9:41 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Oklahoma; 31 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2015, 9:41 AM CDT (14:41 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2015, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 46 counties

Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Polk County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Johnston County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 10:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Garland, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River and 8 more92 min
May 9, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Conway, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Hempstead and 20 more92 min
May 9, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 13 more7 hr
May 9, 5:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 18 more54 min
May 9, 5:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more83 min
May 8, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Creek and 18 more6 hr
May 9, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas8 hr
May 9, 4:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more57 min
May 9, 5:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Blaine, Cimarron, Comanche, Custer and 14 more84 min
May 9, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 22 more6 hr
May 9, 11:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Greer and 7 more84 min
May 9, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 23 more10 hr
May 9, 3:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Carter, Coal, Cotton, Garvin, Hughes and 10 more118 min
May 9, 4:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills83 min
May 8, 8:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 28 more2 hr
May 8, 10:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Crane, Crockett and 26 more87 min
May 9, 2:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Dawson and 14 more116 min
May 9, 6:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hood and 6 more84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2015Every 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.