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Mesoscale Discussion 499

April 17, 200913 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 17, 2009, 12:38 PM CDT for 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2009, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2009, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bee County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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.

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 16, 7:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brewster, Kinney, Pecos, Terrell, Val Verde	89 min
Apr 16, 7:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Dallas, Ellis, Freestone and 23 more	62 min
Apr 16, 8:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Coke and 34 more	84 min
Apr 16, 9:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more	55 min
Apr 16, 10:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coke, Concho, Crockett, Fisher, Irion, Jones and 11 more	94 min
Apr 16, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bandera, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 26 more	6 hr
Apr 17, 2:32 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Eastland and 20 more	118 min
Apr 17, 5:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 8 more	59 min
Apr 17, 7:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 23 more	92 min
Apr 17, 7:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 35 more	5 hr
Apr 17, 9:56 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee and 63 more	94 min
Apr 17, 10:24 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more	7 hr
Apr 17, 12:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazos, Cherokee, Colorado and 19 more	3 hr
Apr 17, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Fayette, Frio and 10 more	5 hr
Apr 17, 1:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin and 11 more	2 hr
Apr 17, 3:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aransas, Atascosa, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar and 31 more	56 min
Apr 17, 3:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard, Gray, Hansford and 13 more	96 min
Apr 17, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers and 22 more	6 hr
Apr 17, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman and 13 more	5 hr
Apr 17, 6:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aransas, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado and 18 more	85 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.