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Mesoscale Discussion 337

April 11, 202020 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 11, 2020, 5:35 PM CDT for 20 counties in Texas. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2020, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2020, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Travis County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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.

Tornado Watch 102Apr 11, 8:40 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
Apr 11, 10:10 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Bosque, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas and 26 more	2 hr
Apr 11, 12:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Borden, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Fisher and 18 more	118 min
Apr 11, 2:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress and 37 more	8 hr
Apr 11, 3:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress and 39 more	61 min
Apr 11, 5:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Bell, Borden, Bosque, Brown and 62 more	113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2020 Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.