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Mesoscale Discussion 2290

October 4, 2004Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 26 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 4, 2004, 6:31 AM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 2004, 6:31 AM MDT (12:31 UTC)
Expired: Oct 4, 2004, 7:00 AM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 28 counties

Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Loving County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Terry County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Oct 3, 9:40 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chaves, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Roosevelt	3 hr
Oct 4, 4:15 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chaves, Eddy, Lea	3 hr
Oct 4, 9:14 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Freestone, Grimes and 14 more	2 hr
Oct 4, 12:23 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chambers, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty and 8 more	2 hr
Oct 4, 3:43 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet and 17 more	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 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.