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Mesoscale Discussion 586

May 7, 200412 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 7, 2004, 8:20 PM CDT for 12 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2004, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2004, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 36 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Boone County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Kane County, IL, Lake County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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
May 8, 4:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry	3 hr
May 7, 9:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 21 more	97 min
May 7, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 38 more	6 hr
May 8, 12:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Clayton, Winneshiek	64 min
May 8, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allamakee, Winneshiek	6 hr
May 8, 2:27 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more	93 min
May 8, 3:36 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Winneshiek	54 min
May 8, 5:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Winneshiek	55 min
May 8, 2:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista and 37 more	3 hr
May 8, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 38 more	5 hr
May 8, 5:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Benton, Boone, Buena Vista and 33 more	2 hr
May 8, 5:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake and 10 more	2 hr
May 8, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge and 25 more	6 hr

Nearby

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