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Mesoscale Discussion 1496

June 24, 200312 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 24, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 25 counties

Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney 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 23:33 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.

Tornado Watch 587Jun 24, 8:35 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 23, 8:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cloud, Jewell, Phillips, Republic, Smith	58 min
Jun 23, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Norton, Phillips, Smith	3 hr
Jun 24, 11:43 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Doniphan	2 hr
Jun 24, 3:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas	88 min
Jun 24, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 5 more	6 hr
Jun 24, 3:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Doniphan	64 min
Jun 24, 5:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 8 more	117 min
Jun 23, 8:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Deuel, Kimball	86 min
Jun 23, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Burt, Cass, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson and 11 more	4 hr
Jun 23, 9:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boyd	65 min
Jun 23, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Kimball and 3 more	4 hr
Jun 23, 10:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Pierce, Wayne	67 min
Jun 23, 10:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Cedar and 26 more	5 hr
Jun 23, 10:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arthur, Blaine, Chase, Custer, Dawson, Frontier and 10 more	5 hr
Jun 23, 11:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Garden, Grant, Kimball and 3 more	67 min
Jun 23, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Holt, Hooker and 3 more	6 hr
Jun 24, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Banner, Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 24, 1:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Garfield and 9 more	53 min
Jun 24, 2:44 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Holt, Hooker and 3 more	2 hr
Jun 24, 1:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 22 more	3 hr
Jun 24, 2:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Cherry and 18 more	8 hr
Jun 24, 5:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Dixon and 11 more	61 min

Nearby

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.