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Mesoscale Discussion 840

May 12, 200527 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 12, 2005, 1:16 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2005, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2005, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 8:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove and 24 more59 min
May 11, 9:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 15 more64 min
May 11, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 28 more7 hr
May 11, 11:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Marshall, Nemaha58 min
May 12, 3:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell, Republic and 1 more61 min
May 12, 12:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall and 3 more95 min
May 12, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 29 more7 hr
May 12, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 10 more7 hr
May 12, 3:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 28 more92 min
May 12, 3:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 10 more87 min
May 12, 5:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 2 more57 min
May 12, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley and 14 more7 hr

Nearby

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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.