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Mesoscale Discussion 93

January 24, 2023Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; 16 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 24, 2023, 10:16 AM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 2023, 10:16 AM CST (16:16 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2023, 12:15 PM CST
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...tornado watch likely
Chance of a watch
95%

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Brazoria County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Orange County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

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

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 10:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis7 hr
Jan 24, 3:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, Iberia and 9 more2 hr
Jan 24, 5:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 25 more7 hr
Jan 24, 2:35 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCParmer2 hr
Jan 24, 11:08 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCWichita6 hr
Jan 24, 12:50 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazoria, Fort Bend, Jackson, Wharton115 min
Jan 24, 3:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Orange84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2023Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2023Every 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.