Alert archive / Kansas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2013
Mesoscale Discussion 859
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 29, 2013, 3:12 PM CDT for 30 counties in Kansas; 18 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2013, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 48 counties
Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thayer County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 13 more | 114 min |
| May 28, 7:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 14 more | 113 min |
| May 28, 9:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall and 2 more | 55 min |
| May 29, 11:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche | 2 hr |
| May 29, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 38 more | 11 hr |
| May 29, 12:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 4 more | 53 min |
| May 29, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton and 8 more | 9 hr |
| May 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 32 more | 60 min |
| May 29, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 6 more | 66 min |
| May 29, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Morris and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 29, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley, Elk and 4 more | 85 min |
| May 29, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blaine, Custer, Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, Loup and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 29, 8:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler and 42 more | 2 hr |
| May 29, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon and 10 more | 87 min |
| May 29, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 26 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.