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Mesoscale Discussion 2097

December 28, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 28, 2015, 3:35 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2015, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2015, 9:30 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 75 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Page County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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
Dec 28, 5:26 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clinton, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott	4 hr
Dec 28, 12:13 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 12 more	5 hr
Dec 28, 3:42 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Boone, Butler, Calhoun and 32 more	4 hr
Dec 28, 2:41 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery and 3 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.