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Mesoscale Discussion 307

March 27, 200917 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 27, 2009, 10:59 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2009, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 40 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 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
Mar 27, 7:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 26 more	4 hr
Mar 28, 2:18 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 30 more	6 hr
Mar 28, 7:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Douglas and 14 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.