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Mesoscale Discussion 2280

September 23, 200827 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 23, 2008, 12:31 PM CDT for 27 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 23, 2008, 12:31 PM CDT (17:31 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 2008, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 119 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 45 counties

Audubon County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS, Cass County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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
Sep 22, 8:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Garden, Grant and 7 more	93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.