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Mesoscale Discussion 2587

December 9, 20035 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 9, 2003, 3:41 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2003, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2003, 9:45 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 127 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Linn County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mills County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Mower County, MN, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Worth County, MO, Cass County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 9, 10:26 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford and 13 more	5 hr
Dec 8, 10:46 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Lane and 16 more	4 hr
Dec 9, 4:32 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Clark, Cloud, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 34 more	5 hr
Dec 9, 5:16 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dunklin, Pemiscot	59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.