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Mesoscale Discussion 73

January 18, 20234 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 18, 2023, 12:53 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 18, 2023, 12:53 PM CST (18:53 UTC)
Expired: Jan 18, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Winter mixed precipitation

All 58 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Madison County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mills County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS, Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Washington County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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
Jan 17, 9:51 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne	4 hr
Jan 18, 7:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Norton, Phillips, Smith	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2023 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.