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Mesoscale Discussion 632

April 29, 20037 counties in Colorado; 34 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 29, 2003, 9:29 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado; 34 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2003, 9:29 PM MDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2003, 11:30 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 47 counties

Cheyenne County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Brown County, KS, Cheyenne County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Geary County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Logan County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Smith County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Washington County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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 29, 7:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Elbert, El Paso, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Washington and 1 more	5 hr
Apr 30, 2:28 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Cheyenne, Denver, Elbert and 2 more	92 min
Apr 29, 6:56 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell and 10 more	2 hr
Apr 30, 12:22 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins	113 min
Apr 30, 12:49 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins	116 min
Apr 30, 1:49 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Doniphan, Geary and 13 more	116 min
Apr 30, 4:15 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	6 hr
Apr 30, 5:29 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Chase, Coffey, Cowley, Elk, Franklin and 11 more	91 min
Apr 29, 6:00 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass and 31 more	3 hr
Apr 29, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler and 46 more	7 hr
Apr 29, 9:40 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler and 45 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.