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Mesoscale Discussion 438

March 30, 200534 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 30, 2005, 3:18 PM CST for 34 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2005, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2005, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 117 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 43 counties

Boone County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cook County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Macon County, IL, McHenry County, IL, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Benton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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
Mar 30, 10:46 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Carroll, Cass, Fulton, Hancock and 14 more	119 min
Mar 30, 11:05 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bureau, Carroll, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry and 15 more	5 hr
Mar 30, 12:08 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 49 more	2 hr
Mar 30, 12:55 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bond, Boone, Bureau, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 49 more	7 hr
Mar 30, 1:23 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bureau, Carroll, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry and 15 more	97 min
Mar 30, 2:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Henry, Jo Daviess and 11 more	6 hr
Mar 30, 3:54 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, McHenry and 4 more	66 min
Mar 30, 5:24 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 30 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.