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Mesoscale Discussion 897

May 30, 202314 counties in Colorado; Colfax County, Harding County, Union County, New Mexico; Goshen County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 30, 2023, 1:10 PM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado; Colfax County, Harding County, Union County, New Mexico; Goshen County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2023, 1:10 PM MDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2023, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
40%

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Weld County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Union County, NM, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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.

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 3:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma86 min
May 30, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more7 hr
May 30, 4:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Prowers119 min
May 30, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2023Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2023Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 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.