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Mesoscale Discussion 672

May 3, 20235 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 3, 2023, 2:42 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2023, 2:42 PM MDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2023, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 22 counties

Baca County, CO, Grant County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Harding County, NM, Union County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 3, 1:52 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Eddy, Lea	2 hr
May 2, 6:31 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Castro, Cochran, Crosby and 17 more	2 hr
May 3, 12:54 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2023 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.