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Mesoscale Discussion 1997

November 27, 201511 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 27, 2015, 2:32 AM CST for 11 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 27, 2015, 2:32 AM CST (08:32 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2015, 7:30 AM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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
Nov 26, 7:18 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase and 41 more	6 hr
Nov 27, 1:49 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.