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Mesoscale Discussion 977

May 25, 2025Harding County, Quay County, Union County, New Mexico; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 20 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2025, 4:49 PM MDT for Harding County, Quay County, Union County, New Mexico; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 20 counties in Texas. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2025, 4:49 PM MDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2025, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%
All 26 counties

Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Union County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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
May 25, 1:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, Mora, San Miguel2 hr
May 25, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora and 4 more7 hr
May 24, 6:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer and 13 more83 min
May 24, 8:13 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer and 7 more4 hr
May 24, 8:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garfield and 17 more90 min
May 24, 10:12 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Washita93 min
May 24, 10:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 25 more9 hr
May 25, 12:46 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Kay, Mayes, Nowata and 6 more89 min
May 25, 4:24 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 13 more96 min
May 25, 12:38 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal and 19 more97 min
May 25, 2:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland and 20 more6 hr
May 25, 2:47 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCHarmon, Jackson, Tillman9 hr
May 25, 4:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, Hughes, Lincoln, McClain and 6 more96 min
May 25, 5:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Comanche and 16 more2 hr
May 25, 11:53 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBriscoe, Dickens, Floyd, King, Motley, Swisher2 hr
May 25, 2:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Carson, Castro, Gray, Hemphill, Randall and 2 more2 hr
May 25, 3:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, Hall, Motley91 min

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.