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Mesoscale Discussion 395

April 16, 2016Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 21 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 16, 2016, 1:50 PM CDT for Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2016, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 60%

All 23 counties

Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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 93Apr 16, 2:20 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
Apr 15, 9:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cimarron, Texas	83 min
Apr 15, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaver, Cimarron, Texas	7 hr
Apr 15, 11:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Texas	113 min
Apr 16, 2:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Cimarron, Texas	53 min
Apr 16, 2:19 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaver, Texas	9 hr
Apr 16, 6:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Texas	2 hr
Apr 16, 6:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more	113 min
Apr 16, 3:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coke, Crockett, Fisher, Glasscock, Howard, Irion and 6 more	67 min
Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane and 25 more	7 hr

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.