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Mesoscale Discussion 2032

August 5, 20086 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Iowa

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 5, 2008, 1:53 AM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2008, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2008, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 27 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Scott County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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 809Aug 5, 2:55 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
Aug 4, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	Cook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 5 more	7 hr
Aug 4, 8:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Grundy, Kankakee, Will	85 min
Aug 5, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bureau, Ford, Fulton, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson and 18 more	4 hr
Aug 5, 7:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bureau, Champaign, Ford, Grundy, Henry, Iroquois and 13 more	53 min
Aug 5, 12:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette, Franklin and 17 more	94 min
Aug 5, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bond, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clay, Clinton and 30 more	9 hr

Nearby

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