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Mesoscale Discussion 257

February 17, 20085 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 17, 2008, 12:13 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2008, 12:13 PM CST (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2008, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 91 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Davis County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Henry County, IA, Howard County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Menominee County, MI, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Adams County, WI, Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Door County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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 16, 11:34 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago	5 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
Feb 17, 1:03 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arenac, Bay, Clare, Clinton, Crawford, Genesee and 24 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.