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Mesoscale Discussion 604

May 18, 20105 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 18, 2010, 1:23 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2010, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Dimmit County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Webb County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 17, 7:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco and 52 more	89 min
May 17, 9:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Carson, Castro, Dallam, Deaf Smith and 9 more	87 min
May 17, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Colorado and 26 more	7 hr
May 17, 11:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real, Val Verde	54 min
May 18, 5:32 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy and 3 more	88 min
May 18, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and 5 more	5 hr
May 18, 9:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy	83 min
May 18, 2:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 18 more	118 min
May 18, 3:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brewster, Crockett, Irion, Midland, Reagan, Terrell and 2 more	117 min
May 18, 3:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 18 more	55 min
May 18, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more	7 hr
May 18, 5:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 17 more	85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2010 Every mesoscale discussion in 2010

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.