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Mesoscale Discussion 1579

August 26, 2017Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; 23 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 26, 2017, 6:00 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2017, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCameron, Vermilion114 min
Aug 25, 11:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCameron, Vermilion2 hr
Aug 26, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCalcasieu, Cameron13 hr
Aug 26, 3:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis61 min
Aug 26, 1:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGalveston28 min
Aug 26, 1:48 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more11 hr
Aug 26, 6:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Galveston, Harris116 min
Aug 26, 11:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers and 25 more115 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.