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Mesoscale Discussion 691

May 23, 20209 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2020, 5:35 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2020, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2020, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...tornado watch likely
Chance of a watch: 95%

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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 23, 3:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	117 min
May 23, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	3 hr
May 23, 1:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banner, Box Butte, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and 2 more	117 min
May 23, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne and 11 more	7 hr
May 23, 3:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cheyenne, Dawes and 10 more	93 min
May 23, 6:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel and 9 more	93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.