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Mesoscale Discussion 1932

August 4, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 4, 2005, 10:45 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2005, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2005, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 55 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Scott County, IA, Tama County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Lee County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Houston County, MN, Adams County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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
Aug 3, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon and 5 more	5 hr
Aug 3, 10:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida and 7 more	88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.