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Mesoscale Discussion 1828

August 2, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 2, 2004, 4:56 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2004, 4:56 AM CDT (09:56 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2004, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 94 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 98 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, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll 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, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Nemaha County, NE, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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
Aug 2, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 4 more	4 hr
Aug 2, 3:02 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 4 more	58 min
Aug 1, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Antelope, Boyd, Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota and 9 more	5 hr
Aug 2, 4:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Cherry, Dixon and 7 more	37 min
Aug 2, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Brown, Cedar, Colfax and 15 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2004 Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.