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Mesoscale Discussion 149

February 15, 20235 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 15, 2023, 7:31 AM MST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2023, 7:31 AM MST (14:31 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2023, 1:30 PM MST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Heavy snow

All 34 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Logan County, KS, Morton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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
Feb 15, 2:20 PM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 12 more	55 min
Feb 15, 2:45 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 20 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2023 Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2023 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2023 Every mesoscale discussion in 2023

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.