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Mesoscale Discussion 506

April 17, 2013Zavala County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 17, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT for Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

County Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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
Apr 17, 8:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Knox, Montague, Wichita and 1 more	84 min
Apr 17, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Archer, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke, Coleman and 32 more	7 hr
Apr 17, 11:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 19 more	91 min
Apr 18, 4:29 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Coleman, Collin, Comanche, Concho and 20 more	91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2013 Every 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.