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Mesoscale Discussion 186

March 4, 20035 counties in Indiana; 23 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 4, 2003, 6:57 PM EST for 5 counties in Indiana; 23 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2003, 6:57 PM EST (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 4, 2003, 11:00 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 28 counties

Elkhart County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Porter County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Allegan County, MI, Bay County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Huron County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kent County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Midland County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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Nearby

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