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Mesoscale Discussion 1435

July 15, 201520 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 15, 2015, 5:47 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2015, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2015, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 28 counties

Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Miami County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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.

Tornado Watch 428Jul 15, 6:10 PM CDT

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
Jul 14, 8:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan and 6 more	2 hr
Jul 15, 3:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary, Lincoln and 12 more	83 min
Jul 15, 4:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove, Grant and 16 more	54 min
Jul 15, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 13 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.