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Mesoscale Discussion 505

May 4, 20157 counties in New Mexico; 5 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 4, 2015, 5:27 PM MDT for 7 counties in New Mexico; 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2015, 5:27 PM MDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2015, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Culberson County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 4, 12:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea92 min
May 4, 12:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, Curry, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay and 2 more2 hr
May 4, 12:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Roosevelt6 hr
May 4, 1:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCOtero112 days
May 4, 2:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero and 1 more93 min
May 4, 1:07 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBrewster, Crane, Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell and 2 more6 hr
May 4, 2:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Crane, Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Ward and 1 more59 min
May 4, 4:58 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Crane, Ector, Loving, Pecos, Reeves and 4 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2015Every 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.