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Mesoscale Discussion 1132

May 28, 200327 counties in Illinois

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 28, 2003, 12:56 PM CDT for 27 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2003, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 27 counties

Boone County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Champaign County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 435May 28, 2:10 PM CDT

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Cook and 30 more	6 hr
May 28, 3:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 21 more	114 min
May 28, 6:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Cook and 30 more	94 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.