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Mesoscale Discussion 304

March 18, 20066 counties in Oklahoma; 61 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 18, 2006, 9:26 AM CST for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 61 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2006, 9:26 AM CST (15:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2006, 12:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Cotton County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collin County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Montague County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 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 watches that followed

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

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 6:31 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarmon, Jackson29 min
Mar 17, 6:29 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrane, Crockett, Pecos, Terrell, Upton, Val Verde91 min
Mar 18, 5:26 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 28 more34 min
Mar 18, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Archer, Baylor, Borden, Bosque, Briscoe and 72 more4 hr
Mar 18, 1:30 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Borden, Bosque, Callahan, Castro and 55 more2 hr
Mar 18, 5:13 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 22 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.