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Mesoscale Discussion 2580

December 8, 2003O'Brien County, Plymouth County, Sioux County, Iowa; 8 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 8, 2003, 5:11 PM CST for O'Brien County, Plymouth County, Sioux County, Iowa; 8 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 8, 2003, 5:11 PM CST (23:11 UTC)
Expired: Dec 8, 2003, 10:15 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties O'Brien County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Knox County, NE, Rock County, NE, Bon Homme County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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
Dec 8, 11:18 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel and 9 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.