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Mesoscale Discussion 182

March 27, 201817 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 27, 2018, 4:55 PM CDT for 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2018, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 60%

Counties Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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
Mar 26, 8:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Coke, Cooke and 25 more	114 min
Mar 27, 12:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Callahan, Coke, Crockett, Haskell, Irion, Jones and 6 more	117 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.