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Mesoscale Discussion 434

April 21, 20166 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 21, 2016, 2:36 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2016, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

Counties Brewster County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 23 more	6 hr
Apr 20, 8:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Duval, Jim Hogg, Starr, Webb, Zapata	83 min
Apr 20, 9:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Fisher, Foard, Garza and 7 more	65 min
Apr 20, 11:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crosby, Fisher, Garza, Haskell, Jones, Kent and 5 more	55 min
Apr 21, 1:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Dawson, Fisher and 19 more	89 min
Apr 21, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Borden, Coke, Dawson, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard and 7 more	4 hr
Apr 21, 4:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coke, Coleman, Concho, Runnels, Taylor, Tom Green	93 min
Apr 21, 9:40 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brazoria, Chambers, Hardin, Liberty, Tyler	2 hr
Apr 21, 2:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2016 Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.