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August 17, 2004Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California; Clark County, Nevada

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 17, 2004, 1:17 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California; Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2004, 1:17 PM MST (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2004, 3:15 PM MST
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV

The radar

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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
Aug 16, 5:29 PM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 17, 11:38 AM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee and 5 more	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arizona, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in California, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Nevada, 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.