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Mesoscale Discussion 327

March 20, 2006Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; 33 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 20, 2006, 3:36 AM CST for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2006, 3:36 AM CST (09:36 UTC)
Expired: Mar 20, 2006, 4:00 AM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 35 counties

Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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 101Mar 20, 4:40 AM CST

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
Mar 20, 4:21 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Grant and 6 more	24 min
Mar 20, 4:44 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more	5 hr
Mar 20, 6:36 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	54 min
Mar 20, 9:20 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Concordia and 12 more	85 min
Mar 20, 9:53 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Catahoula and 19 more	7 hr
Mar 20, 2:12 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Catahoula and 19 more	93 min
Mar 20, 3:09 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee and 6 more	7 hr
Mar 19, 6:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Andrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crane, Deaf Smith and 12 more	7 hr
Mar 19, 8:34 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar and 39 more	7 hr
Mar 19, 8:54 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson and 17 more	2 hr
Mar 19, 9:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress, Coke and 33 more	5 hr
Mar 19, 10:32 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos and 28 more	118 min
Mar 19, 11:37 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos and 28 more	83 min
Mar 20, 1:26 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee and 59 more	64 min
Mar 20, 2:08 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baylor, Callahan, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Cottle and 17 more	67 min
Mar 20, 12:47 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Hardeman, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger	88 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.