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Mesoscale Discussion 2120

October 16, 200618 parishes in Louisiana; 29 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 16, 2006, 3:25 AM CDT for 18 parishes in Louisiana; 29 counties in Texas. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 16, 2006, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
Expired: Oct 16, 2006, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 47 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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.

Tornado Watch 829Oct 16, 5:55 AM CDT

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
Oct 15, 10:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calcasieu, Cameron	63 min
Oct 15, 11:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more	7 hr
Oct 16, 1:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche and 11 more	94 min
Oct 16, 2:13 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans and 6 more	4 hr
Oct 16, 5:32 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Beauregard, Calcasieu and 22 more	88 min
Oct 16, 5:58 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 32 more	5 hr
Oct 16, 7:51 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	De Soto, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine and 1 more	84 min
Oct 16, 10:37 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu and 27 more	9 hr
Oct 16, 12:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 30 more	96 min
Oct 16, 1:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 13 more	64 min
Oct 16, 2:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee and 6 more	3 hr
Oct 16, 3:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 33 more	83 min
Oct 16, 5:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Saint Bernard	23 min
Oct 16, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ascension, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana and 12 more	8 hr
Oct 16, 6:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Assumption, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron and 11 more	26 min
Oct 16, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 9 more	7 hr
Oct 16, 3:50 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina and 3 more	85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2006 Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.