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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 734

July 12, 200310 counties in Colorado; 8 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 12, 2003, 4:10 PM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado; 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2003, 4:10 PM MDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2003, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Cheyenne 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, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 11, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more5 hr
Jul 11, 8:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Morgan and 2 more83 min
Jul 12, 1:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld2 hr

Nearby

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