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Mesoscale Discussion 2203

August 20, 200311 counties in Arkansas; 5 counties in Illinois; 36 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 20, 2003, 5:27 PM CDT for 11 counties in Arkansas; 5 counties in Illinois; 36 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2003, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 52 counties

Baxter County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Marion County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Pike County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carter County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 2:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Hancock, Henderson, Mercer	90 min
Aug 20, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Carroll, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 8 more	5 hr
Aug 20, 6:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carroll, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 8 more	2 hr
Aug 20, 3:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 19 more	94 min
Aug 20, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 15 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.