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Mesoscale Discussion 2556

December 14, 20058 parishes in Louisiana; 23 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 14, 2005, 9:42 AM CST for 8 parishes in Louisiana; 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2005, 9:42 AM CST (15:42 UTC)
Expired: Dec 14, 2005, 11:45 AM CST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 31 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Aransas County, TX, Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Orange County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Waller County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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.

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
Dec 14, 11:50 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 16 more	85 min
Dec 14, 1:04 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 7 more	86 min
Dec 14, 1:42 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 7 more	6 hr
Dec 14, 5:56 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Iberia, Iberville, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 2 more	94 min
Dec 14, 10:12 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 12 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2005 Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.