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Mesoscale Discussion 1578

October 13, 20184 parishes in Louisiana; 10 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 13, 2018, 6:41 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana; 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2018, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2018, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 94 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Houston County, TX, Madison County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Trinity County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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
Oct 13, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River	5 hr
Oct 12, 7:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Irion, Jeff Davis and 9 more	2 hr
Oct 12, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Glasscock and 13 more	8 hr
Oct 12, 10:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Loving, Midland, Pecos and 6 more	2 hr
Oct 13, 1:40 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Gillespie, Glasscock and 16 more	65 min
Oct 13, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Concho, Crockett, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason and 5 more	6 hr
Oct 13, 7:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brown, Coleman, Concho, McCulloch, Menard, Runnels and 3 more	4 hr
Oct 13, 7:47 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Comanche and 13 more	118 min
Oct 13, 9:54 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Burnet, Comanche, Coryell and 22 more	9 hr
Oct 13, 11:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Comanche and 27 more	116 min
Oct 13, 1:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Cherokee and 23 more	2 hr
Oct 13, 5:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Falls, Freestone, Leon, Milam and 1 more	56 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2018 Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.