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Mesoscale Discussion 780

May 8, 20059 parishes in Louisiana; 14 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2005, 3:54 PM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; 14 counties in Texas. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2005, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 23 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Chambers County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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
May 7, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Coke, Crockett, Fisher, Glasscock, Howard, Irion and 13 more	7 hr
May 7, 8:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dickens, Donley, Foard and 9 more	54 min
May 7, 11:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Eastland and 13 more	94 min
May 8, 1:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Concho, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason and 6 more	53 min
May 8, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble and 11 more	7 hr
May 8, 4:59 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Kimble and 6 more	61 min
May 8, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar and 50 more	6 hr
May 8, 7:34 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bandera, Bastrop, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 19 more	56 min
May 8, 8:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Polk and 6 more	53 min
May 8, 11:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria, Caldwell and 25 more	64 min
May 8, 11:50 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria and 33 more	7 hr
May 8, 1:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Childress and 44 more	114 min
May 8, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 22 more	7 hr
May 8, 2:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Colorado, DeWitt and 20 more	2 hr
May 8, 5:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Jack, Montague and 4 more	96 min
May 8, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aransas, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy and 3 more	5 hr
May 8, 6:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Real, San Saba	93 min

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.