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Mesoscale Discussion 1326

July 8, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2015, 3:52 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2015, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2015, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 60%

All 56 counties

Alexander County, IL, Bond County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Crittenden County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Madison County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.

Tornado Watch 396Jul 8, 6:05 PM CDT

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 8, 1:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe, Perry and 4 more	2 hr
Jul 8, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 22 more	7 hr
Jul 8, 5:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry	92 min
Jul 8, 1:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Christian, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Ozark, Stone and 3 more	92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.