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Mesoscale Discussion 1038

May 16, 200320 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 16, 2003, 10:22 PM CDT for 20 counties in Texas. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2003, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2003, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Lee County, TX, Madison County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 400May 16, 10:30 PM CDT

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Angelina, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Jasper and 11 more	4 hr
May 16, 8:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Panola, Shelby	2 hr
May 16, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Colorado and 15 more	5 hr
May 17, 1:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colorado, DeWitt, Fort Bend, Gonzales, Lavaca, Wharton and 1 more	58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.