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Mesoscale Discussion 198

March 18, 2020Cooke County, Grayson County, Wise County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 18, 2020, 9:34 PM CDT for Cooke County, Grayson County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2020, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2020, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Cooke County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 8:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Coke, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Irion and 18 more	60 min
Mar 18, 11:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 34 more	5 hr
Mar 19, 1:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 23 more	2 hr
Mar 19, 2:08 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Shackelford, Stephens	67 min
Mar 19, 3:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 24 more	117 min
Mar 19, 1:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 26 more	62 min
Mar 19, 2:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Delta, Fannin and 18 more	8 hr
Mar 19, 6:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Hamilton and 9 more	54 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.