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Mesoscale Discussion 240

March 11, 200647 counties in Illinois; 20 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 11, 2006, 3:52 PM CST for 47 counties in Illinois; 20 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2006, 3:52 PM CST (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 2006, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 83 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 67 counties

Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clinton County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Knox County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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 64Mar 11, 6:50 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
Mar 11, 1:29 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin and 21 more	2 hr
Mar 11, 1:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alexander, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 19 more	6 hr
Mar 11, 3:34 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 38 more	86 min
Mar 11, 5:53 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 21 more	97 min
Mar 11, 9:36 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clay, Clinton, Fayette and 17 more	54 min
Mar 11, 1:25 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 37 more	95 min
Mar 11, 2:22 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 53 more	8 hr
Mar 11, 5:46 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Kane, McHenry, Ogle and 2 more	89 min
Mar 10, 10:12 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar and 22 more	93 min
Mar 10, 10:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Taney and 2 more	6 hr
Mar 11, 4:25 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Christian, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark and 3 more	65 min
Mar 11, 11:59 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 11 more	2 hr
Mar 11, 12:47 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more	7 hr
Mar 11, 3:30 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Barton, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 32 more	90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.