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Mesoscale Discussion 295

April 6, 201463 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 6, 2014, 4:34 AM CDT for 63 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2014, 4:34 AM CDT (09:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 63 counties

Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hays County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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.

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
Apr 6, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 54 more12 hr
Apr 6, 9:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 45 more66 min
Apr 6, 1:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 45 more59 min
Apr 6, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Newton, Orange14 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2014Every 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.