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Mesoscale Discussion 2597

December 12, 200315 counties in Kansas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 12, 2003, 10:57 AM CST for 15 counties in Kansas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2003, 10:57 AM CST (16:57 UTC)
Expired: Dec 12, 2003, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 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
Dec 12, 2:24 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Butler, Cowley, Edwards, Harper and 11 more	3 hr
Dec 12, 5:57 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Cherokee, Comanche, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 5 more	6 hr
Dec 12, 11:28 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer and 15 more	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.