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Mesoscale Discussion 1796

July 20, 200532 counties in Iowa; 15 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 20, 2005, 11:26 AM CDT for 32 counties in Iowa; 15 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2005, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 94 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 47 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Marion County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Platte County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:27 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
Jul 19, 11:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lyon, Sioux	87 min
Jul 20, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 12 more	6 hr
Jul 20, 3:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista and 35 more	2 hr
Jul 20, 5:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 37 more	95 min
Jul 19, 7:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Cherry, Hooker, Keith, McPherson	2 hr
Jul 20, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cherry, Keya Paha	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.