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Mesoscale Discussion 1728

August 16, 201325 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 16, 2013, 5:31 AM CDT for 25 counties in Texas. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2013, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 89 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 25 counties

Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Mills County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 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 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
Aug 16, 1:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cottle and 10 more	113 min
Aug 16, 12:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bee, Colorado, DeWitt, Dimmit and 16 more	2 hr

Nearby

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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.