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Mesoscale Discussion 208
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 20, 2004, 5:05 PM CST for 17 counties in Arkansas; 8 counties in Oklahoma; 39 counties in Texas. It was in force for 85 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2004, 5:05 PM CST (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2004, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 counties
Clark County, AR, Conway County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Yell County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Jones County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Titus County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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 text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 11:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Lee and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Craighead, Mississippi | 66 min |
| Mar 20, 3:38 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Dallas and 28 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 65 min |
| Mar 20, 2:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bryan, Carter, Jefferson, Love, Marshall | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.