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Mesoscale Discussion 434
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 17, 2008, 4:01 AM CDT for 25 counties in Kansas; Beaver County, Harper County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2008, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties
Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Harper County, OK, Texas County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 1:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 11:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harmon | 56 min |
| Mar 17, 2:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 34 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 17, 5:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 23 more | 94 min |
| Mar 17, 7:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 26 more | 83 min |
| Mar 17, 10:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 17 more | 65 min |
| Mar 17, 1:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa and 3 more | 88 min |
| Mar 17, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 11 more | 97 min |
| Mar 17, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Latimer, McCurtain, Pushmataha | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more | 25 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.