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Mesoscale Discussion 883

May 19, 202515 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 19, 2025, 3:38 PM CDT for 15 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2025, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2025, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Tornado watch 292

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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.

Tornado Watch 297May 19, 6:50 PM CDT

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Major, Woods and 1 more	119 min
May 19, 10:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Latimer, McCurtain, Pittsburg and 1 more	2 hr
May 19, 11:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Cleveland, Creek, Garvin, Hughes, Kay and 21 more	3 hr
May 19, 12:03 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 50 more	9 hr
May 19, 1:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston and 6 more	2 hr
May 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston and 8 more	93 min
May 19, 6:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 5 more	94 min
May 19, 6:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	90 min
May 19, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 11 more	7 hr

Nearby

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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.