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Mesoscale Discussion 590

May 10, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2015, 2:43 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2015, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2015, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 92 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 38 counties

Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Burt County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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
May 10, 10:24 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay and 16 more	3 hr
May 10, 10:46 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 21 more	8 hr
May 10, 11:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Decatur, Fremont, Page, Ringgold, Taylor	2 hr
May 10, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold and 2 more	8 hr
May 10, 3:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Page	92 min
May 10, 5:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jackson and 9 more	88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.