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Mesoscale Discussion 1095

May 30, 20089 counties in Illinois; 19 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 30, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT for 9 counties in Illinois; 19 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2008, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 32 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Davis County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Knox County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 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 393May 30, 7:55 AM 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
May 30, 1:19 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren	8 hr
May 30, 2:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren	88 min
May 30, 7:56 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Cook, DuPage and 26 more	6 hr
May 30, 10:13 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Will	62 min
May 30, 1:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 24 more	2 hr
May 30, 1:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 37 more	8 hr
May 30, 4:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 19 more	61 min
May 30, 5:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 37 more	87 min
May 29, 7:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 25 more	53 min
May 29, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 29 more	8 hr
May 29, 10:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury	24 min
May 29, 11:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 38 more	56 min
May 30, 1:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	53 min
May 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	3 hr
May 30, 2:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay and 15 more	97 min
May 30, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Barton, Bates, Benton, Caldwell, Camden and 36 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.