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Mesoscale Discussion 2248

October 12, 2023Republic County, Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 12, 2023, 3:44 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 12, 2023, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: Oct 12, 2023, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Tornado watch 709

Counties Republic County, KS, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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
Oct 12, 12:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Graham, Jewell, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks and 1 more	2 hr
Oct 12, 1:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 4 more	6 hr
Oct 12, 5:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jewell, Lincoln and 7 more	2 hr
Oct 11, 8:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Burt and 28 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2023 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.