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Mesoscale Discussion 1538

August 9, 201414 counties in Kansas; 39 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 9, 2014, 6:40 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas; 39 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2014, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 53 counties

Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Smith County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Adams County, NE, Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Grant County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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
Aug 8, 11:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jewell, Norton, Phillips, Republic, Smith	87 min
Aug 9, 2:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 12 more	119 min
Aug 9, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Jewell and 13 more	9 hr
Aug 9, 5:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary and 8 more	88 min
Aug 9, 5:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 16 more	63 min
Aug 9, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford and 22 more	6 hr
Aug 8, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arthur, Blaine, Buffalo, Chase, Custer, Dawson and 22 more	5 hr
Aug 8, 9:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Custer, Dawson, Frontier and 16 more	94 min
Aug 9, 5:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Garden, Morrill and 3 more	67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.