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Mesoscale Discussion 1518

August 7, 201420 counties in Colorado; 10 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 7, 2014, 12:51 PM MDT for 20 counties in Colorado; 10 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2014, 12:51 PM MDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2014, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 30 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Grant County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 1:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 17 more	6 hr
Aug 7, 3:48 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa and 12 more	87 min
Aug 7, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Greeley and 16 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014 Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.