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Mesoscale Discussion 661

May 21, 202024 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Oklahoma; Lipscomb County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 21, 2020, 9:10 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Oklahoma; Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2020, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2020, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 198

All 32 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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 200May 21, 9:50 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 21, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 15 more	8 hr
May 21, 11:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Harper, Kingman and 5 more	2 hr
May 22, 3:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Marshall, Nemaha, Washington	96 min
May 22, 3:51 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Grant and 8 more	84 min
May 22, 5:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal, Creek and 21 more	6 hr
May 22, 9:15 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	LeFlore	90 min
May 22, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson, Love and 3 more	6 hr
May 22, 4:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Comanche and 17 more	2 hr
May 22, 6:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cotton, Jefferson, Love	115 min
May 21, 8:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coke, Concho, Fisher, Haskell, Irion, Jones and 9 more	90 min
May 21, 10:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Concho, McCulloch, Runnels and 2 more	95 min
May 22, 12:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Foard, Haskell, Jack, Jones and 9 more	95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.