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Mesoscale Discussion 1668

July 2, 200822 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2008, 4:50 PM EDT for 22 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2008, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2008, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Bay County, MI, Clare County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Lake County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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
Jul 2, 12:04 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon	86 min
Jul 2, 10:42 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegan, Benzie, Berrien, Grand Traverse, Kent, Lake and 11 more	2 hr
Jul 2, 11:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 22 more	5 hr
Jul 2, 1:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie and 26 more	6 hr
Jul 2, 2:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Cass, Eaton, Ionia and 13 more	95 min
Jul 2, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 30 more	7 hr
Jul 2, 6:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan and 20 more	63 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 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.