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Mesoscale Discussion 1068

May 19, 200330 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri; 8 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 19, 2003, 3:55 PM CDT for 30 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri; 8 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2003, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 50 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Kay County, OK, Logan County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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
May 18, 10:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	2 hr
May 19, 2:31 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cloud, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Jewell and 12 more	119 min
May 19, 2:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 10 more	91 min
May 19, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 12 more	6 hr
May 19, 6:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Cleveland, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Hughes and 10 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.