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Mesoscale Discussion 2073

October 6, 200912 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 6, 2009, 10:03 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 6, 2009, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Callahan County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 757Oct 6, 11:55 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 6, 3:15 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Wichita, Wilbarger	2 hr
Oct 6, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Archer, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Montague, Wichita	7 hr
Oct 6, 7:47 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Clay, Cooke, Montague	88 min
Oct 6, 11:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Collin, Comanche and 36 more	5 hr
Oct 6, 1:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Camp, Coke, Coleman and 31 more	55 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2009 Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.