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Mesoscale Discussion 255

April 3, 201919 counties in Oklahoma; 13 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 3, 2019, 8:33 PM CDT for 19 counties in Oklahoma; 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2019, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 32 counties

Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Donley County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 11:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Creek and 19 more	2 hr
Apr 4, 3:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jasper, Newton, Sabine	2 hr
Apr 4, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Angelina, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, Newton and 5 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2019 Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

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.