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Mesoscale Discussion 2486

December 19, 20086 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 19, 2008, 12:45 AM CST for 6 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2008, 12:45 AM CST (06:45 UTC)
Expired: Dec 19, 2008, 4:45 AM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 129 counties

Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane 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, 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, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Noble County, IN, Parke County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Clark County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Logan County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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 18, 6:46 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign and 46 more	6 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 Illinois, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.