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Mesoscale Discussion 1739

July 30, 20244 counties in Illinois; 13 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Schuyler County, Scotland County, Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 30, 2024, 4:07 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois; 13 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Schuyler County, Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2024, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2024, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 566

Counties Appanoose County, IA, Davis County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Warren County, IL, Clark County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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
Jul 29, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 29 more	9 hr
Jul 29, 9:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Saline and 3 more	2 hr
Jul 30, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	3 hr
Jul 30, 5:43 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Cass, DeWitt, Fulton, Hancock and 16 more	92 min
Jul 30, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cass, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more	5 hr
Jul 30, 8:47 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hancock	88 min
Jul 30, 9:09 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 14 more	2 hr
Jul 30, 9:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Brown, Hancock, Pike	8 hr
Jul 30, 10:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Wabash	4 hr
Jul 30, 12:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Hancock, Henderson and 5 more	116 min
Jul 30, 1:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 30 more	2 hr
Jul 30, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay and 39 more	8 hr
Jul 30, 3:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Hancock, McDonough	84 min
Jul 29, 7:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Plymouth and 5 more	2 hr
Jul 29, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, Lyon, Monona and 4 more	5 hr
Jul 29, 11:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Crawford, Greene and 7 more	2 hr
Jul 29, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 30 more	5 hr
Jul 30, 1:45 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 17 more	60 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2024 Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2024 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2024 Every mesoscale discussion in 2024

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.