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Mesoscale Discussion 982

June 7, 200924 counties in Iowa; 10 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 7, 2009, 8:49 PM CDT for 24 counties in Iowa; 10 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2009, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2009, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 34 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Davis County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa 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, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Tama County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adair County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Linn County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

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
Jun 7, 10:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Cass, Dallas, Fremont, Madison and 7 more	53 min
Jun 7, 10:53 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Adams, Cass, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur and 15 more	5 hr
Jun 7, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren	6 hr
Jun 8, 2:30 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 22 more	60 min
Jun 8, 3:25 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren	65 min
Jun 7, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barton, Benton, Cedar, Hickory, Morgan, St. Clair and 1 more	5 hr
Jun 8, 3:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian, Crawford and 26 more	85 min
Jun 8, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 20 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2009 Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.