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Mesoscale Discussion 559

May 6, 201930 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 6, 2019, 5:08 PM CDT for 30 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2019, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2019, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 30 counties

Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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.

Tornado Watch 140May 6, 5:15 PM CDT

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 7:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford and 15 more	58 min
May 5, 9:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 14 more	57 min
May 5, 9:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	56 min
May 5, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson	6 hr
May 6, 1:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Republic and 2 more	119 min
May 6, 3:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Finney, Hodgeman, Lane and 7 more	88 min
May 6, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Doniphan, Geary and 14 more	5 hr
May 6, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Barton, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 22 more	7 hr
May 6, 5:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 9 more	87 min
May 6, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 19 more	6 hr

Nearby

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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.