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Mesoscale Discussion 1277

June 9, 20035 counties in Kansas; 21 counties in Nebraska; 5 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas; 21 counties in Nebraska; 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 31 counties

Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Holt County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Loup County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Brule County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Tripp County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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 501Jun 9, 10:10 PM CDT

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
Jun 9, 2:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bourbon, Franklin, Linn, Osage, Pottawatomie and 4 more	115 min
Jun 9, 4:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Logan and 10 more	60 min
Jun 9, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cloud, Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton and 6 more	5 hr
Jun 9, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	6 hr
Jun 9, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blaine, Buffalo, Custer, Dawson, Lincoln, Logan and 4 more	2 hr
Jun 9, 5:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	90 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 11 more	7 hr
Jun 9, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 11 more	6 hr
Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brown, Campbell, Clark, Corson, Day, Dewey and 8 more	5 hr
Jun 9, 5:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, Potter, Spink and 1 more	85 min
Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bon Homme, Brookings, Hanson, Hutchinson, Kingsbury, Lake and 7 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.