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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 906

August 28, 200324 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 28, 2003, 3:55 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2003, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Anderson County, KS, Barton County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Saline County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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
Aug 28, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Comanche, Edwards and 17 more2 hr

Nearby

Severe 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.