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Mesoscale Discussion 1966

September 15, 200621 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 15, 2006, 5:56 PM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 15, 2006, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 29 counties

Barton County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Graham County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 15, 1:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Hodgeman and 9 more	62 min
Sep 15, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rooks, Sheridan	5 hr
Sep 15, 4:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 2 more	117 min
Sep 15, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Butler, Cedar and 33 more	8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2006 Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.