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Mesoscale Discussion 1089

May 29, 200820 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 29, 2008, 9:38 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2008, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2008, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 54 counties

Cloud County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Gove 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, Rooks County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Trego County, KS, Adams County, NE, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Knox County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Webster County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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
May 29, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atchison, Doniphan	8 hr
May 29, 9:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Finney, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell and 12 more	56 min
May 29, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant, Greeley and 12 more	5 hr
May 29, 10:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Republic and 2 more	4 hr
May 29, 11:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall and 4 more	56 min
May 30, 1:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Clay, Cloud, Jackson, Marshall, Mitchell and 5 more	53 min
May 30, 2:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Doniphan	88 min
May 30, 2:25 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny and 4 more	65 min
May 30, 2:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Coffey and 16 more	97 min
May 30, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 15 more	7 hr
May 29, 10:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dakota, Dixon	24 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008 Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.