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Mesoscale Discussion 609

May 11, 201613 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 11, 2016, 6:53 PM CDT for 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2016, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 9:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 61 more	62 min
May 11, 2:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Denton and 21 more	88 min
May 11, 3:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham and 2 more	119 min
May 11, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Denton, Eastland and 20 more	7 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.