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Mesoscale Discussion 2581

December 8, 200322 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 8, 2003, 10:46 PM CST for 22 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 8, 2003, 10:46 PM CST (04:46 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2003, 2:45 AM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Smith County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 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
Dec 9, 4:32 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Clark, Cloud, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 34 more	5 hr
Dec 9, 10:26 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 34 more	5 hr
Dec 9, 3:41 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Coffey and 24 more	6 hr

Nearby

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.