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Mesoscale Discussion 444

April 22, 202016 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 22, 2020, 5:38 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 22, 2020, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2020, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Camp County, TX, Collin County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 136Apr 22, 6:55 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 21, 8:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler	63 min
Apr 22, 1:21 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fannin, Lamar, Red River	84 min
Apr 22, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Fannin, Lamar, Red River	4 hr
Apr 22, 2:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 7 more	119 min
Apr 22, 10:38 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco and 50 more	2 hr
Apr 22, 10:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson and 31 more	6 hr
Apr 22, 1:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos and 35 more	65 min
Apr 22, 1:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 15 more	63 min
Apr 22, 2:33 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Fannin and 12 more	6 hr
Apr 22, 2:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Nacogdoches, Panola and 5 more	67 min
Apr 22, 4:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Brazos, Cherokee, Grimes, Hardin, Houston and 14 more	96 min
Apr 22, 4:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Grayson	62 min
Apr 22, 4:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Polk, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Trinity, Tyler and 1 more	88 min
Apr 22, 5:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Cherokee, Grimes, Harrison, Houston, Jasper and 14 more	9 hr
Apr 22, 5:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Polk, Trinity, Tyler	37 min
Apr 22, 6:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Red River and 2 more	66 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.