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Mesoscale Discussion 497

April 29, 200421 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 29, 2004, 3:58 PM CDT for 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2004, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Borden County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kerr, Kinney and 8 more83 min
Apr 28, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Brooks, Crockett, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards and 17 more6 hr
Apr 28, 9:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Brooks, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards and 12 more94 min
Apr 29, 4:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, DeWitt and 18 more3 hr
Apr 29, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCShelby6 hr
Apr 29, 1:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard, Hall and 4 more116 min
Apr 29, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Foard and 7 more7 hr
Apr 29, 5:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Coke, Coleman and 18 more95 min
Apr 29, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Fisher, Haskell and 10 more5 hr
Apr 29, 6:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Foard and 7 more85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.