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Mesoscale Discussion 1611

August 4, 201517 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 4, 2015, 5:09 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2015, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

Counties Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 471Aug 4, 5:10 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
Aug 4, 11:58 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham and 17 more	2 hr
Aug 4, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Jewell and 14 more	7 hr
Aug 4, 3:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Cheyenne, Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Ellis and 23 more	2 hr
Aug 4, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney and 12 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.