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Mesoscale Discussion 2365

October 29, 200424 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 29, 2004, 12:39 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 29, 2004, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2004, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 36 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Oct 29, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	5 hr
Oct 29, 2:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Worth	3 hr
Oct 29, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barry, Christian, McDonald, Newton, Stone	5 hr
Oct 29, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clark, Scotland	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.