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Mesoscale Discussion 583

April 20, 202330 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 20, 2023, 5:30 PM CDT for 30 counties in Texas. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2023, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 155

All 30 counties

Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, Medina County, TX, Menard County, TX, Real County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 8:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Callahan, Eastland, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton and 1 more	89 min
Apr 20, 12:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bell and 54 more	2 hr
Apr 20, 12:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bowie, Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Fannin and 9 more	58 min
Apr 20, 1:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee and 64 more	67 min
Apr 20, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson and 46 more	9 hr
Apr 20, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 34 more	8 hr
Apr 20, 3:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson and 43 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2023 Every mesoscale discussion in 2023

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.