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Mesoscale Discussion 188

March 17, 20206 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 17, 2020, 2:55 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2020, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2020, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 60%

Counties Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 53Mar 17, 4:40 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
Mar 17, 8:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale and 9 more	4 hr
Mar 17, 9:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 25 more	93 min
Mar 17, 11:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Foard, Hale and 7 more	86 min
Mar 17, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baylor, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Haskell, Kent and 5 more	6 hr
Mar 17, 3:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Kent and 11 more	119 min
Mar 17, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane and 31 more	7 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.