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Mesoscale Discussion 958

May 13, 2003Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas; 18 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 13, 2003, 1:53 PM CDT for Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas; 18 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2003, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2003, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Harper County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Creek County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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
May 13, 5:31 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary, Jewell and 8 more	3 hr
May 13, 10:08 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 11 more	97 min
May 13, 5:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Harper	86 min
May 13, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Jewell, Marshall and 6 more	5 hr
May 13, 5:50 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 7 more	3 hr
May 13, 1:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Mayes and 2 more	87 min
May 13, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 8 more	6 hr
May 13, 3:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 3 more	87 min
May 13, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	McCurtain	4 hr
May 13, 6:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain	87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2003 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.