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Mesoscale Discussion 688

April 28, 200611 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 28, 2006, 11:14 PM CDT for 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2006, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2006, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 91 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 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 261Apr 29, 2:00 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
Apr 28, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 33 more	6 hr
Apr 28, 8:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 8 more	91 min
Apr 28, 10:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Camp, Cass and 32 more	87 min
Apr 28, 11:08 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson and 40 more	7 hr
Apr 29, 1:51 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Brazos and 24 more	24 min
Apr 29, 1:58 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 18 more	3 hr
Apr 29, 4:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bell and 61 more	57 min
Apr 29, 6:04 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Bowie, Brazoria, Camp, Cass, Chambers and 33 more	7 hr
Apr 29, 7:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Bowie, Brazoria, Cass, Chambers, Galveston and 21 more	83 min
Apr 29, 9:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	2 hr
Apr 29, 10:05 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Collin, Cooke, Delta, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt and 2 more	115 min
Apr 29, 11:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 15 more	65 min
Apr 29, 12:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 15 more	8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.