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Mesoscale Discussion 740

May 24, 201540 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2015, 12:54 PM CDT for 40 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2015, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2015, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 40 counties

Audrain County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Howell County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Macon County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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.

Tornado Watch 203May 24, 1:20 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 23, 10:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	McDonald, Newton	86 min
May 24, 1:18 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 56 more	6 hr
May 24, 3:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Scotland	56 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dunklin and 24 more	8 hr
May 24, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clark	7 hr
May 24, 6:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 32 more	116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.