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Mesoscale Discussion 2

January 4, 202518 counties in Kansas; Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 4, 2025, 8:38 PM CST for 18 counties in Kansas; Bates County, Cass County, Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2025, 8:38 PM CST (02:38 UTC)
Expired: Jan 5, 2025, 2:45 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Freezing rain

All 21 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Henry County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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
Jan 5, 1:51 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 33 more	5 hr
Jan 5, 2:40 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 8 more	5 hr
Jan 5, 4:39 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 12 more	5 hr
Jan 5, 6:51 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 24 more	4 hr
Jan 5, 7:56 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley and 8 more	4 hr
Jan 5, 7:27 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Howard, Lincoln, Monroe and 8 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2025 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2025 Every mesoscale discussion in 2025

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.