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Mesoscale Discussion 1359

July 22, 201635 counties in Iowa

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 22, 2016, 2:39 PM CDT for 35 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2016, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 35 counties

Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 11:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque and 9 more	67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2016 Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.