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Mesoscale Discussion 1644

August 6, 201315 counties in Kansas; Grant County, Kay County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 6, 2013, 9:36 PM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; Grant County, Kay County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2013, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2013, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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 478Aug 6, 9:50 PM CDT

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 6, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more	5 hr
Aug 7, 1:51 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Clay and 22 more	54 min
Aug 7, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Douglas and 16 more	6 hr
Aug 7, 3:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens	105 min
Aug 7, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 9 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.