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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 417

May 22, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 22, 2003, 2:50 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2003, 2:50 PM MDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2003, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 2:00 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more2 hr
May 22, 4:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Prowers89 min
May 22, 4:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more114 min
May 22, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 11 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 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.