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Mesoscale Discussion 34

January 23, 2026Lea County, New Mexico; 16 counties in Oklahoma; 42 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 23, 2026, 11:55 AM MST for Lea County, New Mexico; 16 counties in Oklahoma; 42 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2026, 11:55 AM MST (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2026, 5:00 PM MST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Winter mixed precipitation
All 59 counties

Lea County, NM, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Andrews County, TX, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Montague County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Terry County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Yoakum County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 4:50 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 17 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2026Every mesoscale discussion in 2026

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.