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Mesoscale Discussion 2042

August 20, 20056 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 20, 2005, 1:35 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2005, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2005, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 67 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Lake County, TN

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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 20, 11:31 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Edwards, Hamilton, Lawrence, Wabash, White	89 min
Aug 20, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Boone, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll and 17 more	6 hr
Aug 20, 2:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell and 23 more	94 min
Aug 20, 3:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bath, Boyd, Carter, Clark, Elliott, Greenup and 5 more	84 min
Aug 20, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Carter, Clark, Elliott and 11 more	6 hr
Aug 20, 6:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bath, Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Greenup and 4 more	95 min
Aug 19, 9:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte	59 min
Aug 20, 12:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kay	2 hr
Aug 20, 2:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Creek, Custer and 19 more	114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.