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Mesoscale Discussion 143

February 22, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 22, 2003, 10:08 PM MST for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2003, 10:08 PM MST (05:08 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2003, 6:15 AM MST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 52 counties

Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Barber County, KS, Cheyenne County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Harper County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:12 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 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
Feb 23, 6:43 AM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Elk and 9 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.