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Mesoscale Discussion 1163

May 31, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2003, 3:32 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2003, 3:32 AM EDT (07:32 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2003, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 86 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 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, 8:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter	6 hr
May 30, 10:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 49 more	86 min
May 30, 10:10 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 41 more	6 hr
May 31, 12:21 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 51 more	84 min
May 31, 12:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware and 21 more	5 hr
May 31, 2:01 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware and 22 more	59 min
May 31, 1:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Jefferson	114 min
May 31, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.