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Mesoscale Discussion 298

March 19, 201712 counties in Illinois; 12 counties in Iowa

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 19, 2017, 11:50 PM CDT for 12 counties in Illinois; 12 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2017, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC)
Expired: Mar 20, 2017, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 24 counties

Benton County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Scott County, IA, Tama County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stark County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 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
Mar 20, 11:19 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ford, Iroquois, Vermilion	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2017 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2017 Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.