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Mesoscale Discussion 1265

June 8, 20035 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 8, 2003, 5:38 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2003, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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 490Jun 8, 6:25 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 7, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baylor, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 23 more	6 hr
Jun 7, 9:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Irion, McCulloch and 8 more	115 min
Jun 7, 11:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coke, Coleman, Concho, Glasscock, Howard, McCulloch and 9 more	113 min
Jun 8, 12:51 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Archer, Baylor, Borden, Bosque, Brown and 62 more	54 min
Jun 8, 10:21 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 21 more	114 min
Jun 8, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves and 1 more	6 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.