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Mesoscale Discussion 513

May 2, 202027 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 2, 2020, 8:27 PM CDT for 27 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2020, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2020, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 47 counties

Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Boone County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, Clark County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Ralls County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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
May 2, 11:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 3 more	95 min
May 3, 11:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more	7 hr
May 3, 12:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Massac, Pulaski	85 min
May 3, 8:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more	5 hr
May 3, 10:34 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Butler, Carter, Christian, Dallas, Douglas and 17 more	86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.