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Mesoscale Discussion 1147

May 30, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 30, 2003, 4:32 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2003, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2003, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 63 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Davis County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Scott County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Houston County, MN, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 30, 2:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Carroll, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, Winnebago	2 hr
May 30, 2:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Carroll, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, Winnebago	3 hr
May 30, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry and 23 more	5 hr
May 30, 6:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry and 21 more	95 min
May 29, 7:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 18 more	113 min
May 29, 10:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Chisago and 19 more	89 min
May 29, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass and 20 more	6 hr
May 30, 1:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass and 20 more	67 min
May 30, 5:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Calumet, Clark, Forest, Juneau and 16 more	96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.