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Mesoscale Discussion 2053

August 8, 2008Cheyenne County, Kiowa County, Colorado; 11 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 8, 2008, 10:57 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kiowa County, Colorado; 11 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2008, 10:57 PM MDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2008, 12:30 AM MDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Gove County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa and 4 more86 min
Aug 9, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt and 1 more5 hr
Aug 9, 5:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa and 2 more59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2008Every 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.