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Mesoscale Discussion 1957

November 16, 201532 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 16, 2015, 8:16 PM CST for 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 16, 2015, 8:16 PM CST (02:16 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2015, 9:45 PM CST
In force: 89 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 32 counties

Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Terry County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Nov 16, 6:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 22 more	8 hr
Nov 16, 8:07 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 38 more	83 min
Nov 16, 8:17 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress and 31 more	7 hr
Nov 16, 10:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Coke, Coleman and 16 more	86 min
Nov 16, 10:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Collin, Comanche and 33 more	7 hr
Nov 17, 12:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Wichita	2 hr
Nov 17, 2:17 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell and 21 more	118 min
Nov 17, 4:18 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Camp and 39 more	57 min
Nov 17, 4:48 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Bowie, Brazos, Camp and 39 more	4 hr
Nov 17, 8:24 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Jasper, Marion and 10 more	66 min
Nov 17, 8:55 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Bowie, Cass, Chambers, Fort Bend, Hardin and 21 more	7 hr
Nov 17, 12:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine	116 min
Nov 17, 3:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dallam, Sherman	4 hr

Nearby

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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.