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Mesoscale Discussion 537

May 4, 20207 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 4, 2020, 7:57 PM CDT for 7 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2020, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2020, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Coal County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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 167May 4, 8:10 PM 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 4, 9:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Haskell, McIntosh, Sequoyah	61 min
May 4, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt and 2 more	4 hr
May 5, 3:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Hardin and 13 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2020 Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.