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Mesoscale Discussion 2324

August 30, 200314 counties in Kansas; 36 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 30, 2003, 2:52 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas; 36 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 30, 2003, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 50 counties

Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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 29, 11:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Greer, Kiowa, Roger Mills and 1 more	115 min
Aug 30, 2:05 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 35 more	3 hr

Nearby

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