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Mesoscale Discussion 303

April 15, 20157 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 15, 2015, 3:43 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2015, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Brewster County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 15, 3:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Donley, Gray, Hemphill and 7 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.