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Mesoscale Discussion 1973

August 26, 20098 counties in Oklahoma; 20 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 26, 2009, 2:52 PM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma; 20 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 2009, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2009, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 28 counties

Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 26, 2:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Garfield and 8 more	84 min
Aug 26, 10:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 28 more	83 min
Aug 26, 10:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 23 more	7 hr
Aug 26, 1:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 17 more	96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2009 Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.