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Mesoscale Discussion 1222

June 3, 200321 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2003, 5:43 PM CDT for 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2003, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 21 counties

Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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 474Jun 3, 8:30 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
Jun 2, 7:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fort Bend and 12 more	118 min
Jun 2, 8:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham	89 min
Jun 2, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 21 more	5 hr
Jun 3, 1:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cottle and 18 more	114 min
Jun 3, 5:48 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 11 more	117 min
Jun 3, 1:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Hays and 8 more	118 min
Jun 3, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell and 18 more	6 hr
Jun 3, 1:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Deaf Smith, Hale and 9 more	116 min
Jun 3, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bailey, Borden, Callahan, Castro, Cochran, Coke and 33 more	6 hr
Jun 3, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Andrews, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Gaines and 13 more	5 hr
Jun 3, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bee, Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo and 13 more	5 hr

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.