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Mesoscale Discussion 429

April 21, 202011 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 21, 2020, 6:25 PM CDT for 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2020, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Taylor County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 21, 2:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Donley and 13 more	58 min
Apr 21, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Carson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill and 7 more	6 hr
Apr 21, 5:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam and 15 more	93 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.