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Mesoscale Discussion 2218

September 5, 200820 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 5, 2008, 4:34 AM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 5, 2008, 4:34 AM CDT (09:34 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 36 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 5, 2:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer and 7 more	115 min
Sep 5, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 5 more	6 hr
Sep 5, 6:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 3 more	114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.