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Mesoscale Discussion 218

March 9, 200926 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 9, 2009, 5:42 PM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2009, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2009, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 93 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 36 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 6 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.