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Mesoscale Discussion 2075

August 11, 2008Kit Carson County, Colorado; 9 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 11, 2008, 6:55 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado; 9 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2008, 6:55 PM MDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2008, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 822Aug 11, 7:00 PM MDT

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
Aug 11, 7:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	3 hr
Aug 11, 8:58 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	62 min
Aug 12, 1:30 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips and 3 more	90 min

Nearby

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