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Mesoscale Discussion 185

March 15, 20047 counties in Illinois; 39 counties in Iowa

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 15, 2004, 12:56 PM CST for 7 counties in Illinois; 39 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2004, 12:56 PM CST (18:56 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2004, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 46 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Benton County, IA, Boone County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Scott County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Knox County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stark County, IL, Warren County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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
Mar 15, 3:00 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 20 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.