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Mesoscale Discussion 146

February 16, 200614 counties in Illinois; Lake County, Porter County, Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 16, 2006, 9:41 AM CST for 14 counties in Illinois; Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2006, 9:41 AM CST (15:41 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2006, 11:45 AM CST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Will County, IL, Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 33Feb 16, 1:15 PM CST

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
Feb 16, 5:16 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Ogle, Rock Island, Stephenson and 2 more	5 hr
Feb 16, 12:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Ford and 20 more	90 min
Feb 16, 1:16 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 47 more	7 hr
Feb 16, 4:55 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Bond, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 41 more	95 min
Feb 16, 5:13 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 3 more	6 hr
Feb 16, 5:59 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford	61 min
Feb 16, 3:26 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 41 more	94 min
Feb 16, 3:55 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 59 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2006 Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.