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Mesoscale Discussion 1590

August 25, 201616 counties in Oklahoma; 22 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 25, 2016, 2:37 PM CDT for 16 counties in Oklahoma; 22 counties in Texas. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2016, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 38 counties

Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 457Aug 25, 3:25 PM CDT

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 8:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Garfield, Kay, Kingfisher and 8 more	58 min
Aug 25, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 16 more	7 hr
Aug 25, 5:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 5 more	83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2016 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2016 Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.