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Mesoscale Discussion 294

March 16, 20065 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 16, 2006, 2:46 AM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2006, 2:46 AM CST (08:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2006, 8:45 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 64 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clay County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Howard County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Rice County, MN, Rock County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Minnehaha County, SD, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 16, 1:09 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess and 8 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.