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Mesoscale Discussion 1922

July 20, 20036 counties in Kansas; 33 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 20, 2003, 7:03 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas; 33 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2003, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 39 counties

Decatur County, KS, Norton County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Adams County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Chase County, NE, Clay County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 779Jul 20, 8:50 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 20, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brown, Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Marshall and 5 more	5 hr
Jul 20, 10:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chase, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 9 more	89 min
Jul 20, 10:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell and 6 more	62 min
Jul 21, 2:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 2 more	66 min
Jul 21, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 6 more	5 hr
Jul 20, 7:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Burt, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax and 26 more	56 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.