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Mesoscale Discussion 697

May 20, 201913 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 20, 2019, 6:14 AM CDT for 13 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2019, 6:14 AM CDT (11:14 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2019, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:15 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 196May 20, 7:05 AM CDT

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 11:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cimarron	2 hr
May 20, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaver, Cimarron, Texas	8 hr
May 20, 7:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield and 11 more	6 hr
May 20, 10:41 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Roger Mills	3 hr
May 20, 11:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 20 more	2 hr
May 20, 11:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Creek, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 20 more	85 min
May 20, 1:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Grady, Kiowa and 3 more	24 min
May 20, 1:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 41 more	8 hr
May 20, 2:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beaver, Cimarron, Ellis, Grant, Harper and 3 more	90 min
May 20, 3:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Canadian, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kingfisher, Kiowa and 1 more	59 min
May 20, 4:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa and 2 more	115 min
May 20, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 11 more	8 hr
May 20, 5:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Canadian, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kingfisher, Kiowa and 1 more	61 min
May 19, 7:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Harrison, Panola	84 min
May 20, 12:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 34 more	9 hr
May 20, 1:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 11 more	53 min
May 20, 5:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crane, Crockett, Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Terrell and 1 more	2 hr
May 20, 5:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Borden, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson and 18 more	115 min

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.