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Mesoscale Discussion 258

April 4, 201916 parishes in Louisiana; Jasper County, Newton County, Sabine County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 4, 2019, 3:49 PM CDT for 16 parishes in Louisiana; Jasper County, Newton County, Sabine County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2019, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2019, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Sabine County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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.

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 11:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, Cameron, Iberia, Iberville and 13 more2 hr
Apr 4, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, De Soto, Jefferson Davis and 4 more6 hr
Apr 3, 8:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Donley, Foard, Gray and 7 more87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2019Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

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.