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Mesoscale Discussion 849

May 23, 202336 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2023, 6:55 PM CDT for 36 counties in Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2023, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...severe thunderstorm watch likely
Chance of a watch: 95%

All 36 counties

Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Mills County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 234May 23, 7:30 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
May 22, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 16 more	6 hr
May 22, 10:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Erath and 4 more	118 min
May 23, 2:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 19 more	92 min
May 23, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 24 more	6 hr
May 23, 3:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Galveston, Harris, Montgomery	56 min
May 23, 6:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bailey, Borden, Castro, Crosby, Dawson, Deaf Smith and 12 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.