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Mesoscale Discussion 1866

August 5, 201130 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 5, 2011, 3:40 PM CDT for 30 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2011, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
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, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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 5, 4:47 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary and 12 more	88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2011 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2011 Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.