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Mesoscale Discussion 1901

August 16, 200922 counties in Colorado; 12 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 16, 2009, 6:12 PM MDT for 22 counties in Colorado; 12 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2009, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2009, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 93 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 43 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Chase County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Keith County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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
Aug 17, 12:52 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	83 min
Aug 17, 3:51 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 4 more	84 min
Aug 17, 12:22 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 15 more	83 min
Aug 17, 4:40 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens	65 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2009 Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.