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Mesoscale Discussion 2234

August 23, 200321 counties in Arkansas; 18 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 23, 2003, 2:53 AM CDT for 21 counties in Arkansas; 18 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2003, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2003, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 39 counties

Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Coal County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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 23, 2:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Howard, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Sevier	3 hr

Nearby

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