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Mesoscale Discussion 1691

July 15, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 15, 2004, 1:53 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2004, 1:53 PM MDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2004, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 45 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Larimer 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, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Arthur County, NE, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Keith County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Albany County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 644Jul 15, 5:25 PM MDT

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
Jul 14, 6:49 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 8 more	86 min
Jul 15, 4:04 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kit Carson, Phillips, Washington, Yuma	86 min
Jul 15, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma	7 hr
Jul 15, 8:32 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dakota, Dixon	118 min
Jul 15, 10:55 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Boyd, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 26 more	2 hr
Jul 15, 1:03 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Cedar and 22 more	2 hr
Jul 15, 2:00 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Buffalo, Butler, Cedar and 23 more	6 hr
Jul 15, 5:08 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chase, Dawson, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper and 4 more	97 min
Jul 14, 9:07 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Campbell, Crook, Niobrara, Weston	53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2004 Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.