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Mesoscale Discussion 1074

May 22, 2003Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado; 21 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 22, 2003, 4:31 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado; 21 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2003, 4:31 PM MDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2003, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 89 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 33 counties

Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dawson County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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 418May 22, 5:00 PM MDT

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, 2:00 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more	2 hr
May 22, 2:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 4 more	6 hr
May 22, 4:51 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 Kansas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.