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Mesoscale Discussion 107

January 29, 200817 counties in Illinois; 12 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 29, 2008, 1:24 PM CST for 17 counties in Illinois; 12 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2008, 1:24 PM CST (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Jan 29, 2008, 2:30 PM CST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 29 counties

Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 25Jan 29, 4:40 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
Jan 29, 10:21 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 8 more	54 min
Jan 29, 10:54 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander	66 min
Jan 29, 11:32 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette and 27 more	7 hr
Jan 29, 12:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Lee and 8 more	4 hr
Jan 29, 3:56 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards and 24 more	64 min
Jan 29, 4:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 46 more	3 hr
Jan 29, 5:07 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	113 min
Jan 29, 5:38 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange and 6 more	97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2008 Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.