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Mesoscale Discussion 700

May 19, 201515 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 19, 2015, 3:51 PM CDT for 15 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2015, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2015, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Carter County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Love County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 190May 19, 5:55 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 19, 1:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman	118 min
May 19, 1:32 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 20 more	7 hr
May 19, 5:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 13 more	89 min
May 18, 8:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Concho, Coryell, Crockett and 12 more	2 hr
May 18, 9:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Cochran, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Gaines and 12 more	89 min
May 19, 12:53 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bailey, Cochran, Parmer	97 min
May 19, 2:15 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crockett, Irion, Reagan, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green	90 min
May 19, 5:13 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 16 more	92 min
May 19, 2:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Collin and 34 more	60 min
May 19, 3:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 27 more	117 min
May 19, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Hood and 7 more	6 hr

Nearby

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