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Mesoscale Discussion 753

May 18, 200417 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 18, 2004, 6:27 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2004, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 32 counties

Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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
May 17, 7:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Butler, Clark, Clay, Dickinson, Edwards and 40 more	2 hr
May 17, 8:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Nemaha	55 min
May 18, 6:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth and 4 more	113 min
May 18, 2:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Dickinson, Douglas, Ellsworth, Geary, Jackson and 10 more	113 min
May 18, 4:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Barber, Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Harvey and 6 more	2 hr
May 18, 10:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Lincoln, Monroe, Montgomery and 6 more	3 hr
May 18, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Marion and 7 more	7 hr
May 18, 2:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	2 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.