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Mesoscale Discussion 528

April 23, 2025Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado; 12 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 23, 2025, 1:39 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado; 12 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2025, 1:39 PM MDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2025, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%

Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 2:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers7 hr
Apr 23, 4:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Prowers90 min
Apr 22, 6:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman and 7 more91 min
Apr 22, 7:20 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Chase, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas and 12 more115 min
Apr 23, 10:54 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Douglas and 15 more3 hr
Apr 23, 4:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 12 more88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2025Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2025Every 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.