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Mesoscale Discussion 1088

May 31, 200524 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Nebraska; 13 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2005, 1:02 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Nebraska; 13 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2005, 1:02 PM CDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 46 counties

Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Butler County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Saline County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 30, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	6 hr
May 30, 11:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	60 min
May 31, 1:32 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	88 min
May 31, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beckham, Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more	8 hr
May 31, 6:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 13 more	89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2005 Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.