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Mesoscale Discussion 863

May 21, 2022Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma; 53 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 21, 2022, 6:14 PM CDT for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma; 53 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2022, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2022, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 258
All 57 counties

Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR, McCurtain County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Marion County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Real County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Washington6 hr
May 21, 1:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden and 32 more119 min
May 21, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 51 more9 hr
May 21, 3:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLafayette, Little River, Miller114 min
May 21, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more10 hr
May 21, 3:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Franklin, Independence and 10 more83 min
May 21, 5:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross, Faulkner and 14 more118 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2022Every mesoscale discussion in 2022

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.