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Mesoscale Discussion 285

March 19, 201311 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 19, 2013, 5:19 PM CDT for 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2013, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Milam County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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.

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
Mar 19, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Brown and 28 more8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.