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Mesoscale Discussion 2496

November 16, 200318 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 16, 2003, 6:02 PM CST for 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 16, 2003, 6:02 PM CST (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2003, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, King County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Nov 17, 1:11 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Hardeman, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Montague, Wheeler and 2 more	3 hr
Nov 17, 7:11 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 40 more	3 hr
Nov 17, 7:43 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar, Montague	3 hr
Nov 17, 8:15 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton and 11 more	5 hr
Nov 17, 8:20 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazoria and 54 more	5 hr
Nov 17, 9:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan and 36 more	92 min
Nov 17, 10:21 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Hardin, Harris and 6 more	84 min
Nov 17, 10:59 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton and 11 more	91 min
Nov 17, 11:50 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bell, Bosque and 75 more	85 min
Nov 17, 12:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell and 36 more	6 hr
Nov 17, 12:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fort Bend and 15 more	5 hr
Nov 17, 2:57 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass and 42 more	2 hr
Nov 17, 3:02 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt and 16 more	88 min
Nov 17, 5:07 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston and 14 more	53 min
Nov 17, 5:25 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg and 15 more	65 min
Nov 17, 5:35 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton and 2 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.