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Mesoscale Discussion 578

April 17, 20058 counties in New Mexico; 13 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 17, 2005, 5:28 PM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico; 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2005, 5:28 PM MDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2005, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 21 counties

Chaves County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX, Loving County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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
Apr 17, 1:25 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Union	3 hr
Apr 17, 1:50 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bernalillo, Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Eddy and 16 more	2 hr
Apr 17, 2:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Harding, Quay, Union	8 hr
Apr 17, 3:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 17, 5:50 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Harding, Quay, Union	85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 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.