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Mesoscale Discussion 1611

July 4, 200311 counties in Kansas; 37 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 4, 2003, 5:12 PM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas; 37 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2003, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 93 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 48 counties

Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adams County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Butler County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Saline County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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.

Tornado Watch 640Jul 4, 9:05 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
Jul 3, 7:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	54 min
Jul 3, 8:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Osborne, Phillips, Smith	94 min
Jul 3, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Burt, Cedar and 16 more	6 hr
Jul 3, 11:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Burt, Cedar and 16 more	97 min
Jul 4, 2:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and 1 more	114 min
Jul 4, 5:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Brown, Cedar, Cherry, Garfield and 6 more	95 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.