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Mesoscale Discussion 624

May 13, 20169 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 13, 2016, 1:40 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2016, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 60%

All 36 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb 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), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 175May 13, 3:30 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
May 13, 12:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 33 more	113 min
May 13, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 41 more	6 hr
May 13, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Meade	8 hr
May 13, 5:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 14 more	2 hr
May 13, 6:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 19 more	118 min
May 13, 3:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Culberson, Loving, Reeves	90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2016 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2016 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.