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Mesoscale Discussion 1538

October 7, 201854 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 7, 2018, 3:47 PM CDT for 54 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2018, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2018, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 62 counties

Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Foard County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 12:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Ottawa and 1 more3 hr
Oct 6, 9:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Crane, Ector, Loving, Reeves, Ward and 1 more54 min
Oct 7, 2:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Cochran, Parmer, Yoakum113 min
Oct 7, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Culberson, Dallam and 17 more9 hr
Oct 7, 5:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Parmer91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.