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Mesoscale Discussion 1568

August 20, 201626 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 20, 2016, 11:19 AM EDT for 26 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2016, 11:19 AM EDT (15:19 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2016, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 26 counties

Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 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
Aug 20, 2:13 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clare, Clinton and 12 more	62 min
Aug 20, 3:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan, Crawford, Montmorency and 5 more	94 min
Aug 20, 5:31 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lenawee	89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 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.