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Mesoscale Discussion 669

May 2, 200937 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 2, 2009, 1:24 PM CDT for 37 counties in Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2009, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2009, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Collin County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hays County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Travis County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cooke, Cottle and 21 more86 min
May 1, 9:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFannin, Lamar84 min
May 2, 2:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCollingsworth, Gray, Hemphill, Wheeler3 hr
May 2, 9:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Delta, Lamar, Red River97 min
May 2, 12:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Delta, Denton and 15 more7 hr
May 2, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Coryell, Dallas, Ellis, Falls and 18 more4 hr
May 2, 3:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Houston and 10 more26 min
May 2, 3:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Dallas, Delta, Franklin and 12 more58 min
May 2, 5:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarrison, Panola, Rusk65 min
May 2, 5:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie95 min
May 2, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 27 more6 hr
May 2, 6:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCamp, Cass, Franklin, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman and 7 more86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2009Every 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.