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Mesoscale Discussion 1796

July 12, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 12, 2003, 4:26 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 12, 2003, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 31 counties

Benton County, AR, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 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
Jul 11, 7:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Carroll	86 min
Jul 11, 9:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 1 more	29 min
Jul 11, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Independence and 8 more	5 hr
Jul 11, 11:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Crawford and 17 more	84 min
Jul 12, 1:53 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 8 more	67 min
Jul 12, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 4 more	5 hr
Jul 12, 6:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Franklin, Johnson and 6 more	87 min
Jul 11, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Scott, Sherman and 3 more	5 hr
Jul 11, 9:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Scott, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more	83 min
Jul 11, 7:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 3 more	86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.