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Mesoscale Discussion 1089

July 2, 202016 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2020, 9:15 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2020, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2020, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch: 95%

Counties Barton County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Graham County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 326Jul 2, 9:20 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
Jul 2, 7:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks and 1 more	116 min
Jul 2, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	4 hr
Jul 2, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 10 more	5 hr
Jul 2, 11:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Chase, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Harvey and 8 more	85 min
Jul 3, 3:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Stanton	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2020 Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.