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Mesoscale Discussion 1098

May 24, 200312 counties in Arkansas; 5 counties in Oklahoma; Lamar County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2003, 11:27 AM CDT for 12 counties in Arkansas; 5 counties in Oklahoma; Lamar County, Texas. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2003, 11:27 AM CDT (16:27 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2003, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 93 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Clark County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Pike County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Yell County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 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 24, 9:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Polk	5 hr
May 23, 7:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cimarron	67 min
May 24, 1:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Comanche, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 10 more	117 min
May 24, 5:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 18 more	117 min
May 24, 9:24 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Cherokee, Coal, Creek, Haskell, Hughes and 14 more	2 hr
May 24, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cimarron	6 hr
May 24, 3:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Harmon	86 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey and 8 more	96 min
May 24, 5:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cimarron	93 min
May 24, 1:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Carson, Castro, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gray and 7 more	2 hr
May 24, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 33 more	6 hr
May 24, 5:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Bosque, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Eastland and 20 more	88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.