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Mesoscale Discussion 1630

August 29, 202016 counties in Colorado; 4 counties in Nebraska; Goshen County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 29, 2020, 12:15 PM MDT for 16 counties in Colorado; 4 counties in Nebraska; Goshen County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2020, 12:15 PM MDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2020, 1:45 PM MDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 23 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Banner County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 8:40 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	2 hr
Aug 29, 1:09 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer and 6 more	2 hr
Aug 29, 2:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero	6 hr

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.