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Mesoscale Discussion 718

May 7, 202312 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 7, 2023, 5:23 PM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2023, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 197

Counties Baylor County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jones County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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
May 6, 8:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 19 more	119 min
May 6, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 23 more	5 hr
May 6, 11:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Kaufman, Rockwall and 1 more	92 min
May 7, 1:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Harrison, Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	87 min
May 7, 1:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Borden, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 28 more	95 min
May 7, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 34 more	6 hr
May 7, 4:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde and 3 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.