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Mesoscale Discussion 1470

July 2, 20046 counties in Oklahoma; 23 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2004, 3:29 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2004, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 91 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 29 counties

Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Motley County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 535Jul 2, 3:55 PM CDT

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
Jul 1, 8:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 30 more	59 min
Jul 2, 10:08 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cleveland and 32 more	2 hr
Jul 2, 2:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cimarron	3 hr
Jul 2, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon and 4 more	6 hr
Jul 2, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cimarron, Texas	5 hr
Jul 2, 5:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Hughes and 13 more	90 min
Jul 2, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Cherokee, Coal, Craig, Creek and 20 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2004 Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.