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Mesoscale Discussion 1661

August 6, 200734 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 6, 2007, 11:08 AM CDT for 34 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2007, 11:08 AM CDT (16:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2007, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 42 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Burt County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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
Aug 5, 11:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Wayne	91 min
Aug 6, 2:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cedar and 17 more	83 min
Aug 6, 2:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chase, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier, Hayes, Hitchcock and 4 more	95 min
Aug 6, 7:39 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chase, Dawson, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper and 10 more	96 min
Aug 6, 5:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hitchcock, Red Willow	93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2007 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2007 Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.