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Mesoscale Discussion 553

April 24, 201125 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 24, 2011, 4:51 PM CDT for 25 counties in Texas. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2011, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 25 counties

Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

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

Tornado Watch 196Apr 24, 4:55 PM 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
Apr 23, 7:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 31 more	86 min
Apr 23, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Archer, Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar and 2 more	7 hr
Apr 24, 1:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 37 more	92 min
Apr 24, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 17 more	3 hr
Apr 24, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clay	7 hr
Apr 24, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Collin, Comanche and 33 more	7 hr
Apr 24, 5:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crockett, Edwards, Irion, Kinney, Maverick, Menard and 4 more	83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2011 Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.