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Mesoscale Discussion 1625

July 15, 201144 counties in Iowa; 12 counties in Minnesota; 10 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 15, 2011, 2:21 PM CDT for 44 counties in Iowa; 12 counties in Minnesota; 10 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2011, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 66 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Madison County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mills County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Winona County, MN, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Washington County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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
Jul 15, 11:20 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Howard, Mitchell, Worth	85 min
Jul 15, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 8 more	7 hr
Jul 15, 6:30 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Carver, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Hennepin and 14 more	2 hr
Jul 15, 6:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Douglas, Hennepin and 14 more	6 hr
Jul 15, 6:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 8 more	65 min
Jul 14, 9:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne and 16 more	55 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2011 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2011 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2011 Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.