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Mesoscale Discussion 1944

July 28, 200814 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 28, 2008, 7:26 AM CDT for 14 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2008, 7:26 AM CDT (12:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 94 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 27, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Butler and 33 more	9 hr
Jul 28, 1:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Cass, Clarke and 18 more	97 min
Jul 28, 5:31 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Clarke and 13 more	89 min
Jul 27, 8:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Cooper, Franklin and 15 more	85 min
Jul 27, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 17 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.