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Mesoscale Discussion 2303

August 28, 2003Houston County, Minnesota; 37 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 28, 2003, 5:46 PM CDT for Houston County, Minnesota; 37 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2003, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 38 counties

Houston County, MN, Adams County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Portage County, WI, Racine County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 907Aug 28, 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
Aug 28, 5:02 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray and 7 more	118 min
Aug 28, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Brown, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Crawford and 26 more	5 hr

Nearby

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