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Mesoscale Discussion 587

April 8, 200833 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 8, 2008, 3:09 PM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2008, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 33 counties

Anderson County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Comal County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hays County, TX, Hill County, TX, Houston County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, Mason County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Real County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 7, 9:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Wichita, Wilbarger	63 min
Apr 8, 4:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fannin	63 min
Apr 8, 2:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Ellis, Franklin and 13 more	60 min
Apr 8, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin and 15 more	6 hr
Apr 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins and 10 more	90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2008 Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.