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Mesoscale Discussion 2484

December 18, 20086 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 18, 2008, 6:46 PM CST for 6 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 18, 2008, 6:46 PM CST (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Dec 19, 2008, 12:45 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 207 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Page County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Scott County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Will County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pike County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Washington County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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
Dec 19, 12:45 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 45 more	4 hr
Dec 19, 6:22 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will	5 hr
Dec 18, 6:37 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 18 more	5 hr
Dec 18, 11:38 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler and 38 more	4 hr

Nearby

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