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Mesoscale Discussion 11

January 7, 20184 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 7, 2018, 2:00 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2018, 2:00 PM CST (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Jan 7, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 48 counties

Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Scott County, IA, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Cass County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Will County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN, Clark County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jan 7, 1:49 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 16 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2018 Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.