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Mesoscale Discussion 119

February 21, 200310 parishes in Louisiana; 15 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 21, 2003, 10:54 PM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2003, 10:54 PM CST (04:54 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2003, 1:30 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 25 counties

Beauregard Parish, LA, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Marion County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Newton County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:53 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 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
Feb 21, 7:26 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Orleans and 9 more	2 hr
Feb 21, 8:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 17 more	6 hr
Feb 21, 10:22 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 17 more	113 min
Feb 21, 11:14 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Catahoula, De Soto, Grant and 6 more	4 hr
Feb 22, 12:35 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany	5 hr
Feb 22, 2:02 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, LaSalle and 6 more	3 hr
Feb 22, 3:51 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany	114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.