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Mesoscale Discussion 442

April 6, 20069 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 6, 2006, 3:24 PM CDT for 9 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2006, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Audubon County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Monona County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Burt County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Knox County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 158Apr 6, 5:20 PM CDT

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
Apr 5, 10:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Cass and 33 more	84 min
Apr 5, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Boone, Carroll and 36 more	4 hr
Apr 6, 11:19 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cedar, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 11 more	56 min
Apr 6, 1:20 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Knox, Rock	85 min
Apr 6, 6:01 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 1 more	119 min
Apr 6, 12:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Buffalo, Butler and 34 more	2 hr
Apr 6, 12:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Cass, Clay and 33 more	8 hr
Apr 6, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Antelope, Boyd, Brown, Burt, Cedar, Cherry and 14 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.