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Mesoscale Discussion 402

April 8, 20136 counties in Kansas; 41 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 8, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas; 41 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 47 counties

Decatur County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Norton County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Arthur County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Chase County, NE, Clay County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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
Apr 7, 7:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 17 more	62 min
Apr 7, 9:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greenwood, Harvey, Marion	63 min
Apr 7, 11:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Doniphan, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	59 min
Apr 8, 2:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Rawlins and 5 more	2 hr
Apr 8, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman	9 hr
Apr 8, 6:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace	66 min
Apr 8, 5:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and 1 more	6 hr

Nearby

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