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Mesoscale Discussion 604

May 8, 20134 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2013, 4:17 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2013, 4:17 PM MDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2013, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 27 counties

Baca County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Logan County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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 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
May 8, 1:06 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 2 more	24 min
May 8, 1:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers	8 hr
May 7, 6:41 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 10 more	94 min
May 7, 8:36 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Kiowa and 4 more	54 min
May 8, 1:19 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Comanche	56 min
May 8, 2:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 29 more	8 hr
May 8, 4:58 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley and 11 more	92 min

Nearby

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