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Mesoscale Discussion 2557

December 21, 200413 counties in Arkansas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; 16 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 21, 2004, 6:46 PM CST for 13 counties in Arkansas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2004, 6:46 PM CST (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Dec 21, 2004, 8:45 PM CST
In force: 119 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 31 counties

Clark County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Pike County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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
Dec 22, 1:04 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Fulton, Greene and 12 more	6 hr
Dec 22, 12:12 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 36 more	4 hr
Dec 22, 11:25 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Cameron and 19 more	95 min
Dec 22, 2:28 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 21 more	92 min
Dec 22, 2:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 14 more	6 hr
Dec 21, 11:44 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 7 more	6 hr
Dec 22, 6:15 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 21 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.