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Mesoscale Discussion 61

February 14, 200325 counties in Illinois; 6 counties in Indiana; 15 counties in Iowa

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 14, 2003, 3:45 PM CST for 25 counties in Illinois; 6 counties in Indiana; 15 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 14, 2003, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Feb 14, 2003, 8:45 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 46 counties

Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Scott County, IA, Tama County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Champaign County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lee County, IL, Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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
Feb 14, 9:02 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay and 22 more	6 hr

Nearby

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