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Mesoscale Discussion 2087

August 23, 200415 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Oklahoma; Hemphill County, Lipscomb County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 23, 2004, 3:48 PM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Oklahoma; Hemphill County, Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2004, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2004, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 29 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 23, 2:14 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche, Cowley and 7 more	2 hr
Aug 23, 3:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips and 7 more	113 min
Aug 23, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	6 hr
Aug 23, 5:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Chase and 30 more	116 min
Aug 23, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Chase and 27 more	7 hr

Nearby

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