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Mesoscale Discussion 248

February 16, 2008Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Winnebago County, Illinois; 31 counties in Iowa; 17 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 16, 2008, 11:34 PM CST for Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Winnebago County, Illinois; 31 counties in Iowa; 17 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2008, 11:34 PM CST (05:34 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2008, 4:30 AM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 51 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 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
Feb 17, 12:13 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jo Daviess, Stephenson	4 hr
Feb 17, 12:52 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Vermilion	83 min
Feb 17, 7:01 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer and 39 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.