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Mesoscale Discussion 2056

August 1, 2003Kiowa County, Colorado; 12 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 1, 2003, 9:07 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado; 12 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2003, 9:07 PM MDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2003, 10:30 PM MDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 21 counties

Kiowa County, CO, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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
Aug 2, 4:07 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	83 min
Aug 1, 10:54 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua and 19 more	96 min
Aug 2, 12:05 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 26 more	6 hr
Aug 2, 2:26 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 26 more	64 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.