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Mesoscale Discussion 642

May 14, 201316 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 14, 2013, 7:55 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2013, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

Counties Bandera County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Webb County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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
May 15, 2:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 40 more	91 min
May 15, 3:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 40 more	86 min
May 15, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Childress, Clay and 45 more	9 hr
May 15, 5:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 9 more	3 hr
May 15, 5:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Burnet, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 21 more	65 min
May 15, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Brown, Clay, Coleman, Collin and 33 more	8 hr

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.