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Mesoscale Discussion 16

January 3, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 3, 2005, 6:41 AM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2005, 6:41 AM CST (12:41 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2005, 10:45 AM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 97 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Benton County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Guthrie 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, Mills County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Page County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Scott 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, Boone County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Knox County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Cass County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 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
Jan 3, 11:53 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 10 more	5 hr
Jan 2, 7:02 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Fremont, Jefferson and 9 more	4 hr
Jan 2, 11:21 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 36 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2005 Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.