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Mesoscale Discussion 1975

August 12, 200410 counties in Kansas; 29 counties in Oklahoma; Hemphill County, Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 12, 2004, 1:16 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas; 29 counties in Oklahoma; Hemphill County, Lipscomb County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2004, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2004, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 35 more5 hr
Aug 12, 6:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 35 more114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004Every 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.