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Mesoscale Discussion 2300

August 28, 200323 counties in Kansas; Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 28, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas; Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm potential

All 24 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 906Aug 28, 3:55 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
Aug 28, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Barton, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas and 18 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.