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Mesoscale Discussion 2301

August 28, 200323 counties in Illinois; 17 counties in Iowa; 10 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 28, 2003, 3:03 PM CDT for 23 counties in Illinois; 17 counties in Iowa; 10 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2003, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 50 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Davis County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Adair County, MO, Clark County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 28, 5:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough and 3 more	65 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.