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August 11, 200436 counties in Arkansas; McDonald County, Missouri; 11 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 11, 2004, 1:07 AM CDT for 36 counties in Arkansas; McDonald County, Missouri; 11 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2004, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2004, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 48 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, McDonald County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 737Aug 11, 1:35 AM 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
Aug 11, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 37 more	5 hr
Aug 11, 5:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crawford and 27 more	97 min
Aug 11, 6:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Conway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Hot Spring and 20 more	116 min
Aug 11, 12:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Desha and 4 more	2 hr
Aug 10, 9:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Dewey and 23 more	60 min
Aug 10, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Creek, Dewey, Ellis and 20 more	7 hr
Aug 10, 10:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Texas	59 min
Aug 10, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaver, Ellis, Harper, Texas	5 hr
Aug 10, 11:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blaine, Canadian, Creek, Custer, Dewey, Garfield and 10 more	62 min
Aug 11, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 34 more	6 hr
Aug 11, 2:42 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo and 49 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.