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Mesoscale Discussion 1730

July 9, 200356 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 9, 2003, 4:15 AM CDT for 56 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2003, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2003, 6:15 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 60 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA, Cass County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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 8, 8:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry and 9 more	2 hr
Jul 9, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista and 55 more	6 hr
Jul 9, 1:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 47 more	67 min
Jul 9, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 65 more	6 hr
Jul 9, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allamakee, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware and 13 more	6 hr
Jul 9, 5:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 61 more	97 min
Jul 8, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Cherry and 16 more	5 hr
Jul 8, 11:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cherry, Clay and 28 more	60 min
Jul 8, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown and 42 more	5 hr
Jul 9, 2:54 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Buffalo, Butler and 29 more	96 min
Jul 9, 2:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Richardson	35 min
Jul 9, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Nemaha, Richardson	6 hr

Nearby

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