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Mesoscale Discussion 1018

May 27, 202419 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 27, 2024, 2:48 PM CDT for 19 counties in Texas. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2024, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2024, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch: 80%

Counties Bandera County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Medina County, TX, Menard County, TX, Real County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 336May 27, 3:50 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 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 4 more	113 min
May 26, 11:18 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cass, Marion	4 hr
May 27, 2:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas and 28 more	2 hr
May 27, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar and 70 more	6 hr
May 27, 6:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 51 more	84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2024 Every mesoscale discussion in 2024

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.