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Mesoscale Discussion 271

March 20, 202410 counties in Oklahoma; Hemphill County, Lipscomb County, Wheeler County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 20, 2024, 2:59 PM CDT for 10 counties in Oklahoma; Hemphill County, Lipscomb County, Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2024, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%

Counties Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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
Mar 20, 4:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarmon114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2024Every mesoscale discussion in 2024

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.