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Mesoscale Discussion 1696

July 8, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2003, 1:34 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2003, 1:34 AM CDT (06:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2003, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 67 counties

Cherokee County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Atchison County, MO, Adams County, NE, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Gage County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Holt County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Rock County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Webster County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, York County, NE, Union County, SD

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 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
Jul 7, 7:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Audubon, Benton, Cass, Cedar, Clinton and 20 more	3 hr
Jul 7, 10:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Pottawattamie and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 7, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cherokee, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Ida, Mills and 4 more	7 hr
Jul 7, 11:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more	2 hr
Jul 7, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux	5 hr
Jul 8, 2:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista and 49 more	113 min
Jul 8, 8:50 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Cass and 32 more	115 min
Jul 8, 9:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton and 33 more	5 hr
Jul 8, 12:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware and 17 more	91 min
Jul 8, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 7 more	5 hr
Jul 8, 3:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	95 min
Jul 8, 5:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 19 more	92 min
Jul 8, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 22 more	5 hr
Jul 8, 6:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Lee, Ringgold, Taylor and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 8, 1:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audrain, Clark, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Pike and 1 more	24 min
Jul 7, 7:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Box Butte, Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy and 14 more	117 min
Jul 8, 2:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux	84 min
Jul 8, 10:44 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aurora, Beadle, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Clark and 28 more	91 min
Jul 8, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Jackson and 5 more	7 hr
Jul 8, 5:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence and 4 more	67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.