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Mesoscale Discussion 1502

July 24, 20134 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 24, 2013, 12:18 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2013, 12:18 PM MDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2013, 1:45 PM MDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 40 counties

Sedgwick County, CO, Arthur County, NE, Banner County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Rock County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Bennett County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Goshen County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 441Jul 24, 1:40 PM MDT

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
Jul 24, 1:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and 1 more	7 hr
Jul 24, 4:02 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Kiowa and 6 more	118 min
Jul 24, 5:37 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and 1 more	83 min
Jul 23, 7:11 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith, Sheridan	64 min
Jul 24, 3:54 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Blaine, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Clay and 38 more	96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2013 Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.