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Mesoscale Discussion 1573

July 31, 20135 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 31, 2013, 12:34 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2013, 12:34 PM MDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2013, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 41 counties

Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Union County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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 watches that followed

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

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 12:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Las Animas, Prowers9 hr
Jul 31, 4:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers94 min
Jul 31, 4:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcCurtain87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2013Every 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.