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Mesoscale Discussion 1387

June 15, 200820 counties in Iowa

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2008, 1:02 AM CDT for 20 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2008, 1:02 AM CDT (06:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2008, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Clay County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Linn County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Tama County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 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 535Jun 15, 1:55 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
Jun 15, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 44 more	5 hr
Jun 15, 3:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware and 7 more	55 min
Jun 15, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Des Moines, Louisa	5 hr
Jun 15, 6:41 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	64 min
Jun 15, 6:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 17 more	7 hr
Jun 15, 11:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa and 2 more	88 min
Jun 15, 11:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk and 6 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.