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Mesoscale Discussion 322

May 2, 201810 counties in Kansas; 24 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 2, 2018, 7:14 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas; 24 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2018, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2018, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 34 counties

Allen County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Atoka County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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 66May 2, 8:05 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 2, 8:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 9 more	90 min
May 2, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cherokee, Crawford	7 hr
May 3, 2:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson, Doniphan and 18 more	114 min
May 3, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more	6 hr
May 3, 5:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more	92 min
May 2, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 30 more	6 hr
May 2, 11:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Coal and 26 more	96 min
May 3, 4:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more	114 min
May 3, 5:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 11 more	6 hr
May 3, 9:02 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, LeFlore and 4 more	88 min
May 3, 9:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson and 7 more	65 min
May 3, 12:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Choctaw, LeFlore, McCurtain	85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2018 Every 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.