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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 414
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 18, 2003, 4:25 PM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado; 15 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2003, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2003, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties
Arapahoe County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Arthur County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Bennett County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Jones County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Todd County, SD
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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.
Warnings issued inside it
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 61 min |
| May 18, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 46 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:49 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 10 more | 116 min |
| May 18, 2:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banner, Box Butte, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and 2 more | 118 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.