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Mesoscale Discussion 588

April 8, 20087 counties in Illinois; 31 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 8, 2008, 5:03 PM CDT for 7 counties in Illinois; 31 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2008, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 38 counties

Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Carter County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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
Apr 8, 2:34 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	McDonald, Newton	56 min
Apr 8, 2:52 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barry, McDonald, Newton	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.