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Mesoscale Discussion 493
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 18, 2003, 11:08 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2003, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties
Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Caldwell County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 7:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jefferson | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 12:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 2 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more | 117 min |
| Apr 19, 4:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Butler, Comanche, Cowley, Greenwood, Harper and 7 more | 113 min |
| Apr 19, 9:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Pratt, Sedgwick and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Harper, Kingman and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Chase, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Greenwood and 9 more | 92 min |
| Apr 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Greenwood, Johnson and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 85 min |
| Apr 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Labette and 3 more | 83 min |
| Apr 19, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2003Every 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.