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Mesoscale Discussion 902

May 13, 200811 counties in Arkansas; 8 parishes in Louisiana; 67 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 13, 2008, 9:37 AM CDT for 11 counties in Arkansas; 8 parishes in Louisiana; 67 counties in Texas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2008, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2008, 10:30 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 86 counties

Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Houston County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Panola County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 13, 6:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph	83 min
May 13, 6:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Crawford, Franklin, Polk, Scott, Sebastian and 1 more	94 min
May 13, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Benton, Washington	5 hr
May 13, 1:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Callahan, Clay, Coleman, Eastland, Erath and 10 more	3 hr
May 13, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 48 more	9 hr
May 13, 5:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Mason and 9 more	91 min
May 13, 5:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Clay, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 33 more	115 min
May 13, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Dimmit, Edwards, Gillespie and 10 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.