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Mesoscale Discussion 291

April 6, 20205 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 6, 2020, 11:03 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2020, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2020, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 66 counties

Boone County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Will County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Newton County, IN, Noble County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allegan County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Kenosha County, WI

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 3:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake and 2 more	114 min
Apr 7, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Lake, McHenry	5 hr
Apr 7, 5:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 20 more	83 min
Apr 7, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess and 11 more	6 hr
Apr 7, 5:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cook	91 min
Apr 7, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bay, Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb and 9 more	4 hr
Apr 7, 3:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Athens, Belmont, Guernsey, Hocking, Monroe, Morgan and 4 more	63 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2020 Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.