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Mesoscale Discussion 368

April 17, 20194 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 17, 2019, 3:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2019, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2019, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 60%

Counties Carter County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Parker County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 78Apr 17, 6:15 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 17, 1:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills	2 hr
Apr 17, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey and 11 more	6 hr
Apr 17, 3:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 8 more	2 hr
Apr 17, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Canadian, Cleveland, Craig, Garfield, Grady, Grant and 14 more	8 hr
Apr 17, 5:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer and 9 more	85 min
Apr 17, 5:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jefferson, Love	2 hr
Apr 17, 6:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Garfield, Grant, Kay and 11 more	97 min
Apr 17, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bryan, Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall	9 hr
Apr 17, 6:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Concho, Edwards and 17 more	61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.