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Mesoscale Discussion 974

May 25, 20256 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2025, 4:44 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2025, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2025, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 91 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Tornado watch 325

Counties Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hall County, TX, Motley County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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
May 24, 7:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hemphill	83 min
May 25, 12:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Briscoe, Dickens, Floyd, King, Motley, Swisher	2 hr
May 25, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baylor, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress, Cottle, Crosby and 23 more	9 hr
May 25, 3:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Carson, Castro, Gray, Hemphill, Randall and 2 more	2 hr
May 25, 5:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more	116 min
May 25, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 36 more	7 hr
May 25, 6:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Delta, Denton and 9 more	2 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.