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July 26, 2003Gogebic County, Ontonagon County, Michigan; 9 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 26, 2003, 2:16 PM CDT for Gogebic County, Ontonagon County, Michigan; 9 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2003, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Gogebic County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cook County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Lake County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 806Jul 26, 6:10 PM CDT

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 26, 5:25 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Menominee	2 hr
Jul 26, 5:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Marquette and 1 more	89 min
Jul 26, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 4 more	5 hr
Jul 26, 3:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Rock	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 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.