Alert archive / Kansas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2018

Mesoscale Discussion 578

May 30, 20184 counties in Colorado; 18 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 30, 2018, 4:23 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado; 18 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2018, 4:23 PM MDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2018, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 22 counties

Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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 text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 1:25 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 14 more	2 hr
May 30, 2:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baca, Las Animas	7 hr
May 30, 5:22 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca	113 min
May 29, 8:03 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay, Dickinson, Geary and 17 more	57 min
May 29, 9:58 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 6 more	92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2018 Every 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.