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Mesoscale Discussion 364

April 3, 200322 counties in Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 3, 2003, 6:06 PM CST for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2003, 6:06 PM CST (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2003, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 84 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 34 counties

Beckham County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Love County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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
Apr 4, 4:53 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Love, Marshall	97 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.