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Mesoscale Discussion 340

April 1, 20258 counties in Oklahoma; Wichita County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 1, 2025, 6:56 PM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma; Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2025, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Tornado watch 91

Counties Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, McClain County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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
Apr 1, 3:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 20 more	118 min
Apr 1, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 34 more	7 hr
Apr 1, 6:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2025 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2025 Every mesoscale discussion in 2025

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.