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Mesoscale Discussion 604

April 29, 20254 counties in Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 29, 2025, 1:10 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2025, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2025, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%
All 32 counties

Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Clay County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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
Apr 28, 8:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Jackson, Kiowa65 min
Apr 29, 12:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Craig, Creek, Custer, Delaware and 22 more115 min
Apr 29, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee and 38 more7 hr
Apr 29, 3:06 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman114 min
Apr 29, 5:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Cherokee, Cleveland, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 24 more3 hr
Apr 29, 8:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDelaware, Ottawa90 min
Apr 29, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Garvin, Grady and 12 more9 hr
Apr 29, 3:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, Haskell, Hughes and 18 more115 min
Apr 29, 5:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson and 5 more95 min
Apr 29, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Cotton, Garvin and 9 more7 hr
Apr 28, 7:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Foard, Haskell, Jones, Knox, Shackelford and 3 more92 min
Apr 28, 11:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 6 more57 min
Apr 29, 3:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickens, Foard, Garza, Kent, King, Knox and 1 more95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2025Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2025Every 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.