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Mesoscale Discussion 456
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 18, 2018, 8:08 PM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado; 39 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2018, 8:08 PM MDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2018, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties
Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Barber County, KS, Cheyenne County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 10:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche and 50 more | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:50 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 10 more | 115 min |
| May 19, 11:39 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Harper, Montgomery, Sumner and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 19, 12:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 17 more | 3 hr |
| May 19, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 15 more | 11 hr |
| May 19, 3:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 12 more | 3 hr |
| May 19, 5:11 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 3 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.