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Mesoscale Discussion 144

February 23, 200315 counties in Kansas; 17 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 23, 2003, 7:43 AM CST for 15 counties in Kansas; 17 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2003, 7:43 AM CST (13:43 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2003, 12:15 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 32 counties

Barber County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ford County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Craig County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 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
Feb 22, 11:08 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 32 more	8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.