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Mesoscale Discussion 1073

May 22, 200313 counties in Colorado; 5 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 22, 2003, 2:00 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado; 5 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2003, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2003, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 28 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Banner County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Keith County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 2:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 4 more	6 hr
May 22, 4:31 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca, Prowers	89 min
May 22, 4:51 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more	114 min
May 22, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 11 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.