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Mesoscale Discussion 1585

August 1, 20138 counties in Colorado; 6 counties in Kansas; Chase County, Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 1, 2013, 4:06 PM MDT for 8 counties in Colorado; 6 counties in Kansas; Chase County, Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2013, 4:06 PM MDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2013, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 95%

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 458Aug 1, 4:10 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 31, 7:14 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca, Bent, Prowers	91 min
Aug 1, 11:53 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Sedgwick	2 hr
Aug 1, 4:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 4 more	5 hr
Aug 1, 7:16 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Butler, Cedar, Colfax and 23 more	59 min
Aug 1, 12:22 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 26 more	9 hr
Aug 1, 1:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon and 9 more	8 hr
Aug 1, 2:25 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Antelope, Arthur, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte and 57 more	95 min
Aug 1, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cheyenne, Dawes and 11 more	9 hr
Aug 1, 5:02 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Cass, Clay, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson and 11 more	58 min
Aug 1, 5:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Buffalo, Butler, Cass, Clay, Dawson and 26 more	7 hr
Aug 1, 5:49 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Garfield, Grant and 13 more	86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.