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Mesoscale Discussion 321

April 1, 202430 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 1, 2024, 2:13 PM CDT for 30 counties in Texas. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2024, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2024, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 92 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 30 counties

Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 66Apr 1, 2:30 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
Apr 1, 1:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 3 more	2 hr
Apr 1, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson and 6 more	10 hr
Apr 1, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Collin and 28 more	6 hr
Apr 1, 5:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Eastland and 20 more	94 min
Apr 1, 5:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson and 5 more	97 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.