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Mesoscale Discussion 1726

December 26, 201840 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 26, 2018, 3:21 PM CST for 40 counties in Texas. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2018, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Dec 26, 2018, 4:45 PM CST
In force: 84 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 40 counties

Armstrong County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coke County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Randall County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Dec 26, 11:33 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Coke, Crockett and 24 more	117 min
Dec 26, 12:28 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche and 22 more	2 hr
Dec 26, 12:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 40 more	6 hr
Dec 26, 2:11 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman and 29 more	10 hr
Dec 26, 4:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 42 more	2 hr
Dec 26, 4:58 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 42 more	62 min
Dec 26, 5:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more	4 hr
Dec 26, 5:48 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell and 17 more	8 hr

Nearby

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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.