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Mesoscale Discussion 1200

July 29, 2018Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado; 17 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 29, 2018, 6:18 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado; 17 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2018, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2018, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%

Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers6 hr
Jul 29, 10:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers56 min
Jul 30, 11:17 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 7 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.