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Mesoscale Discussion 1612

July 4, 200312 counties in Nebraska; 29 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 4, 2003, 5:55 PM CDT for 12 counties in Nebraska; 29 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2003, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 41 counties

Antelope County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Knox County, NE, Loup County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Rock County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Beadle County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Butte County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Custer County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Jones County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Meade County, SD, Miner County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Potter County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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.

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	Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Dundy, Garden and 11 more	54 min
Jul 3, 8:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Arthur, Boone, Buffalo, Cedar, Cherry and 23 more	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, 5:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Clay, Colfax and 31 more	93 min
Jul 3, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Marshall	5 hr
Jul 4, 12:25 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Edmunds and 8 more	2 hr
Jul 4, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bennett, Butte, Custer, Dewey, Fall River, Haakon and 14 more	6 hr

Nearby

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