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Mesoscale Discussion 782

May 23, 201323 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2013, 1:04 PM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2013, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 95%

All 23 counties

Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Motley County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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.

Tornado Watch 213May 23, 1:40 PM CDT

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 23, 8:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Montague	53 min
May 23, 12:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brewster, Crane, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio and 4 more	2 hr
May 23, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe and 54 more	8 hr
May 23, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brewster, Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane and 24 more	8 hr
May 23, 3:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Castro, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd and 10 more	88 min
May 23, 3:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Jeff Davis, Loving and 8 more	59 min
May 23, 6:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro and 29 more	95 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.