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Mesoscale Discussion 698

May 23, 20208 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2020, 11:36 PM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2020, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2020, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 214

Counties Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, McClain County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Archer County, TX, Clay County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 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
May 23, 8:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more	117 min
May 23, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 13 more	4 hr
May 24, 2:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cimarron	2 hr
May 24, 2:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, LeFlore, Sequoyah	2 hr
May 24, 3:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver	83 min
May 24, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills	7 hr
May 24, 6:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills	2 hr
May 24, 12:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson, Glasscock and 13 more	114 min
May 24, 12:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson and 60 more	96 min
May 24, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Borden, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 19 more	6 hr
May 24, 3:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson, Fisher and 20 more	87 min
May 24, 5:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards and 20 more	2 hr
May 24, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brooks, Dimmit, Duval and 17 more	6 hr
May 24, 6:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Eastland and 15 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.