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Mesoscale Discussion 5

January 2, 201512 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 2, 2015, 11:07 AM CST for 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 2, 2015, 11:07 AM CST (17:07 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2015, 3:30 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Ector County, TX, Garza County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 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
Jan 1, 11:46 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coke, Fisher, Glasscock, Haskell, Irion, Jones and 10 more	4 hr
Jan 2, 3:56 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Baylor, Borden, Childress, Cottle, Crosby and 24 more	6 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.