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Mesoscale Discussion 2584

December 9, 200319 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 9, 2003, 8:38 AM CST for 19 counties in Texas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2003, 8:38 AM CST (14:38 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2003, 9:45 AM CST
In force: 67 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 979Dec 9, 9:00 AM CST

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
Dec 9, 5:43 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Collin and 28 more	3 hr
Dec 9, 7:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee and 27 more	5 hr
Dec 9, 9:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 19 more	4 hr
Dec 9, 10:37 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Panola, Sabine and 3 more	113 min
Dec 9, 12:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine and 1 more	5 hr

Nearby

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.