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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 978

December 9, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Dec 9, 2003, 7:35 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 9, 2003, 7:35 AM CST (13:35 UTC)
Expired
Dec 9, 2003, 1:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Howard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Washington County, AR, Caddo Parish, LA, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Houston County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Leon County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 9, 5:43 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHoward, Little River, Polk, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier3 hr
Dec 9, 10:37 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway and 30 more113 min
Dec 9, 12:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland and 23 more5 hr
Dec 9, 3:45 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Jefferson and 9 more2 hr
Dec 9, 5:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead and 22 more59 min
Dec 9, 8:38 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes and 13 more67 min
Dec 9, 9:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 19 more4 hr

Nearby

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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.