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Mesoscale Discussion 2159

September 16, 202316 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 16, 2023, 5:48 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2023, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2023, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
5%

Counties Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 2:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 25 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2023Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2023Every 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.