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Mesoscale Discussion 741

May 9, 202320 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 9, 2023, 1:28 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2023, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2023, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 92 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 204

Counties Barton County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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
May 9, 6:24 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cloud, Decatur, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 5 more	66 min
May 9, 6:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Lane and 16 more	6 hr
May 9, 10:02 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth and 23 more	88 min
May 9, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay and 30 more	7 hr
May 9, 2:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	91 min
May 9, 3:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Finney, Gove, Greeley, Hodgeman, Lane, Logan and 8 more	93 min
May 9, 3:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 12 more	97 min
May 9, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Johnson, Labette and 6 more	6 hr
May 9, 5:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 1 more	94 min

Nearby

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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.