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Mesoscale Discussion 2165

August 16, 200313 counties in Illinois; 28 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 16, 2003, 2:45 PM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois; 28 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

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

All 41 counties

Boone County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, Lee County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Adams County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Portage County, WI, Racine County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 864Aug 16, 3:25 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
Aug 16, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kane and 8 more	6 hr
Aug 16, 6:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 6 more	91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.