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Mesoscale Discussion 1406

August 5, 202029 counties in Colorado; 7 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 5, 2020, 12:27 PM MDT for 29 counties in Colorado; 7 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2020, 12:27 PM MDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2020, 2:30 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 40 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Summit County, CO, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Albany County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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 419Aug 5, 1:20 PM MDT

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
Aug 4, 8:30 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more	30 min
Aug 5, 1:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 22 more	8 hr
Aug 5, 5:21 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Cheyenne, Crowley, Denver and 9 more	84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 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.