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Mesoscale Discussion 948

May 24, 202515 counties in Kansas; Newton County, Missouri; 31 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2025, 1:47 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; Newton County, Missouri; 31 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2025, 1:47 AM CDT (06:47 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2025, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 88 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 314

All 47 counties

Barber County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Newton County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 315May 24, 2:30 AM 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 23, 7:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greeley, Sherman, Wallace	2 hr
May 23, 9:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greeley, Hamilton	65 min
May 23, 9:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Edwards, Ellis, Gove, Harper and 13 more	2 hr
May 23, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 33 more	7 hr
May 23, 11:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Garfield, Hughes, Kingfisher and 14 more	54 min
May 24, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Canadian, Cherokee and 44 more	8 hr
May 24, 5:53 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Cherokee, Coal, Craig, Creek and 23 more	2 hr
May 24, 8:36 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha	54 min
May 24, 9:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	McCurtain	6 hr
May 24, 3:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 22 more	3 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.