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Mesoscale Discussion 2308

August 29, 20039 counties in Indiana; 20 counties in Michigan; Williams County, Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 29, 2003, 3:31 AM EST for 9 counties in Indiana; 20 counties in Michigan; Williams County, Ohio. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2003, 3:31 AM EST (08:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2003, 5:30 AM EST
In force: 119 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 30 counties

DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Noble County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Barry County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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 29, 5:47 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois and 20 more	118 min
Aug 28, 7:22 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet and 10 more	83 min
Aug 28, 11:09 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska	66 min
Aug 29, 12:32 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Columbiana and 33 more	2 hr
Aug 29, 1:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Carroll, Columbiana, Geauga, Mahoning, Medina, Portage and 5 more	5 hr
Aug 29, 3:51 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carroll, Columbiana, Mahoning, Stark, Tuscarawas	84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.