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Mesoscale Discussion 506

March 30, 20085 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 30, 2008, 8:50 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2008, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
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, Blaine County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 37 more7 hr
Mar 30, 11:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 37 more55 min
Mar 31, 1:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 32 more2 hr
Mar 31, 3:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 5 more59 min
Mar 31, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Doniphan3 hr
Mar 31, 4:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 45 more91 min
Mar 31, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 10 more7 hr
Mar 31, 5:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Nemaha91 min
Mar 31, 6:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 15 more88 min
Mar 31, 7:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more85 min
Mar 31, 8:44 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 4 more7 hr
Mar 31, 10:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 8 more60 min
Mar 30, 10:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 16 more6 hr
Mar 31, 1:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 16 more88 min
Mar 31, 2:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGarfield, Grant, Kay, Logan, Noble, Osage and 2 more53 min
Mar 31, 4:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPawnee90 min
Mar 31, 12:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cotton, Jefferson and 4 more55 min
Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more7 hr
Mar 31, 3:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer and 6 more26 min
Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 8 more7 hr
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more56 min
Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain7 hr

Nearby

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