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Mesoscale Discussion 1737

July 9, 200353 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 9, 2003, 1:08 PM CDT for 53 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2003, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2003, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 61 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

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.

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, 4:15 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista and 50 more	2 hr
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 9, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 15 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.