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Mesoscale Discussion 753

May 21, 2013Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; 23 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 21, 2013, 1:35 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2013, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2013, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 27 counties

Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Anderson County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Delta County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 20, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 26 more6 hr
May 21, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Sebastian7 hr
May 21, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 5 more3 hr
May 21, 4:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Franklin, Sebastian55 min
May 21, 7:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett and 1 more58 min
May 21, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 13 more8 hr
May 21, 2:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 8 more63 min
May 21, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden and 11 more7 hr
May 21, 3:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 11 more87 min
May 21, 5:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada and 2 more66 min
May 21, 6:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChicot, Desha67 min
May 20, 8:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 37 more60 min
May 21, 8:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Delta, Denton and 9 more93 min
May 21, 10:09 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bosque, Bowie, Brown, Callahan, Camp and 57 more96 min
May 21, 10:26 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Archer, Baylor, Bell, Bosque, Brown and 58 more10 hr
May 21, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFoard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger6 hr
May 21, 1:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bosque, Brown, Collin, Comanche, Concho and 38 more116 min
May 21, 4:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazos, Burleson, Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker95 min
May 21, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Hardin, Houston, Jasper and 9 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.