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Mesoscale Discussion 2339

October 22, 200814 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 22, 2008, 3:03 AM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 22, 2008, 3:03 AM CDT (08:03 UTC)
Expired: Oct 22, 2008, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 30 counties

Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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
Oct 21, 8:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 11 more	62 min
Oct 21, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barber, Barton, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth, Harper and 10 more	4 hr
Oct 22, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 22 more	7 hr
Oct 22, 4:38 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley, Elk and 4 more	97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.