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Mesoscale Discussion 519

April 30, 20046 counties in Oklahoma; 18 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 30, 2004, 5:53 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2004, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 24 counties

Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Archer County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita 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 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 137Apr 30, 9:05 PM CDT

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
Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Grant, Jackson, Kiowa and 2 more	64 min
Apr 29, 9:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 17 more	62 min
Apr 29, 10:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 4 more	63 min
Apr 29, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beckham, Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 15 more	4 hr
Apr 30, 2:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 17 more	59 min
Apr 30, 12:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bryan, Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Love, Marshall	8 hr
Apr 30, 3:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer and 9 more	2 hr
Apr 30, 4:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, LeFlore and 8 more	2 hr
Apr 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal and 23 more	5 hr
Apr 30, 12:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Eastland, Erath, Haskell, Hood and 9 more	119 min
Apr 30, 2:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Jack and 6 more	2 hr
Apr 30, 4:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Eastland and 12 more	94 min
Apr 30, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 16 more	5 hr
Apr 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley and 6 more	97 min

Nearby

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