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Mesoscale Discussion 2250

September 12, 20085 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 12, 2008, 1:41 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 12, 2008, 1:41 AM CDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired: Sep 12, 2008, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Harper County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:44 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 12, 3:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin and 7 more	94 min
Sep 12, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson and 7 more	6 hr

Nearby

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