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Mesoscale Discussion 1797

July 16, 200822 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 16, 2008, 9:54 PM EDT for 22 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2008, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 17, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Menominee, Ontonagon	5 hr

Nearby

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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.