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Mesoscale Discussion 1503

July 30, 201423 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 30, 2014, 6:48 PM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2014, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 23 counties

Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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
Jul 30, 6:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger	96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2014 Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.