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Mesoscale Discussion 649

May 6, 202417 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 6, 2024, 11:47 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2024, 11:47 AM CDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2024, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...tornado watch likely
Chance of a watch
95%
All 58 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Harper County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 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.

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCowley, Harper, Kingman, Sumner63 min
May 6, 10:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Graham, Jewell and 12 more2 hr
May 6, 11:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Ellis, Ellsworth, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln and 10 more7 hr
May 6, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Ellis, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell and 9 more92 min
May 6, 2:05 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAllen, Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 26 more12 hr
May 6, 2:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa and 5 more60 min
May 6, 3:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Dickinson, Douglas and 16 more113 min
May 6, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 19 more8 hr
May 6, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarper93 min
May 6, 5:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary and 15 more97 min
May 6, 3:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Kingfisher and 4 more55 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.