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Mesoscale Discussion 341

May 3, 201814 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 3, 2018, 5:42 PM CDT for 14 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2018, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2018, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 73May 3, 9:30 PM CDT

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
May 2, 7:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Eastland and 27 more	88 min
May 2, 10:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 28 more	93 min
May 3, 4:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Foard and 13 more	114 min
May 3, 5:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Montague and 2 more	6 hr
May 3, 5:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 28 more	2 hr
May 3, 7:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Collin and 38 more	7 hr
May 3, 9:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 39 more	65 min
May 3, 12:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Coryell and 22 more	85 min

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.