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Mesoscale Discussion 396

March 31, 20235 counties in Oklahoma; 23 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 31, 2023, 1:16 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma; 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2023, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2023, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 89 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 28 counties

Choctaw County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Bell County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Delta County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Titus County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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.

Tornado Watch 95Mar 31, 1:35 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
Mar 31, 10:44 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	McCurtain	2 hr
Mar 31, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	McCurtain	7 hr
Mar 31, 12:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Bowie, Cass	11 hr
Mar 31, 4:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee and 21 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2023 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2023 Every mesoscale discussion in 2023

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.