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Mesoscale Discussion 1849

August 5, 202318 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 5, 2023, 5:22 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2023, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2023, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch: 60%

Counties Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 593Aug 5, 5:45 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
Aug 4, 9:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins, Smith	96 min
Aug 4, 11:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 17 more	2 hr
Aug 5, 4:11 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Elk and 9 more	2 hr
Aug 5, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 7 more	5 hr
Aug 5, 7:43 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more	2 hr
Aug 5, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barber, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 40 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.