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Mesoscale Discussion 601

April 27, 20038 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 27, 2003, 5:42 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2003, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Marion County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Grant County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Collingsworth County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 27, 6:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cotton, Jefferson, Tillman	2 hr
Apr 27, 2:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coke, Crane, Crockett, Glasscock, Irion, Midland and 8 more	2 hr

Nearby

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