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Mesoscale Discussion 2072

August 3, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 3, 2003, 4:33 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2003, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2003, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 28 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Denver County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Banner County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Campbell County, WY, Converse County, WY, Crook County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 3, 12:39 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Franklin, Webster	96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 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.