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Mesoscale Discussion 177

April 1, 20155 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 1, 2015, 3:50 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2015, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2015, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 87 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Rock County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Adams County, NE, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE, Clay County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Union County, SD

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 15Apr 1, 6:00 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
Apr 1, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay and 13 more	7 hr
Apr 1, 12:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Crawford	3 hr
Apr 1, 3:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Gove, Gray, Haskell and 5 more	93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.