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Mesoscale Discussion 2088

August 4, 200319 counties in Oklahoma; Collingsworth County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 4, 2003, 8:26 PM CDT for 19 counties in Oklahoma; Collingsworth County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2003, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2003, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Collingsworth County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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
Aug 5, 3:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper and 4 more	116 min

Nearby

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.