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Mesoscale Discussion 1638

July 5, 200346 counties in Illinois; 36 counties in Iowa; 25 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2003, 7:51 PM CDT for 46 counties in Illinois; 36 counties in Iowa; 25 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2003, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 107 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Page County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Knox County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Clark County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEdgar, Iroquois, Vermilion55 min
Jul 5, 10:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 33 more59 min
Jul 6, 5:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside118 min
Jul 6, 7:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry2 hr
Jul 6, 9:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass and 34 more117 min
Jul 6, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 28 more6 hr
Jul 6, 12:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCook, Kankakee114 min
Jul 6, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChampaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt and 14 more5 hr
Jul 6, 2:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles and 35 more2 hr
Jul 6, 5:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Champaign, Christian, Coles and 45 more62 min
Jul 6, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 9 more5 hr
Jul 5, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more6 hr
Jul 5, 8:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 2 more86 min
Jul 5, 10:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 1 more63 min
Jul 5, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 36 more5 hr
Jul 6, 2:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 49 more94 min
Jul 6, 4:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Clarke, Crawford and 12 more87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2003Every 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.