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Mesoscale Discussion 1079

May 23, 2003Barber County, Harper County, Kansas; 20 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2003, 6:25 AM CDT for Barber County, Harper County, Kansas; 20 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2003, 6:25 AM CDT (11:25 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2003, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Barber County, KS, Harper County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 8:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hodgeman and 12 more	87 min
May 23, 1:02 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 38 more	118 min
May 23, 2:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Ellis, Roger Mills	113 min
May 23, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cimarron	5 hr
May 23, 5:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cimarron	88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.