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Mesoscale Discussion 483

April 18, 200319 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 18, 2003, 6:14 AM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2003, 6:14 AM CDT (11:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2003, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:14 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
Apr 18, 2:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Douglas and 15 more	113 min
Apr 18, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 27 more	6 hr
Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Nemaha and 1 more	90 min

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.