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Mesoscale Discussion 1519

August 7, 201418 counties in Colorado; 17 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 7, 2014, 3:48 PM MDT for 18 counties in Colorado; 17 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2014, 3:48 PM MDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2014, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 42 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Logan County, KS, Morton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 455Aug 7, 4:15 PM MDT

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, 12:51 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 14 more	2 hr
Aug 7, 1:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 17 more	6 hr
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 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.