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Mesoscale Discussion 1585

August 27, 20174 parishes in Louisiana; 20 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 27, 2017, 10:54 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana; 20 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2017, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2017, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston 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, Waller County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion13 hr
Aug 27, 3:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 2 more113 min
Aug 27, 6:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion116 min
Aug 26, 9:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 14 more113 min
Aug 27, 1:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris and 5 more11 hr
Aug 27, 4:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jefferson and 2 more56 min
Aug 27, 1:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 17 more3 hr
Aug 27, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 10 more8 hr

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.