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Mesoscale Discussion 1623

July 5, 200316 counties in Indiana; 10 counties in Michigan; 19 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2003, 7:12 AM EST for 16 counties in Indiana; 10 counties in Michigan; 19 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2003, 7:12 AM EST (12:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2003, 8:45 AM EST
In force: 93 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 45 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 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
Jul 4, 8:58 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb and 23 more	62 min
Jul 4, 10:09 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 27 more	2 hr
Jul 5, 2:31 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lake, Newton, Porter	89 min
Jul 5, 3:40 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Lake	4 hr
Jul 5, 5:43 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Kosciusko and 13 more	92 min
Jul 5, 6:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Elkhart, LaGrange, LaPorte, Porter, Saint Joseph, Steuben	3 hr
Jul 5, 12:55 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Clay, Daviess and 21 more	3 hr
Jul 5, 4:34 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain and 13 more	56 min
Jul 5, 4:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay and 35 more	4 hr

Nearby

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