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Mesoscale Discussion 2004

August 22, 20259 counties in Iowa; 21 counties in Nebraska; Union County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 22, 2025, 2:31 PM CDT for 9 counties in Iowa; 21 counties in Nebraska; Union County, South Dakota. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2025, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2025, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 119 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 31 counties

Cherokee County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Monona County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nance County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Union County, SD

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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
Aug 21, 8:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brookings, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Moody	96 min
Aug 21, 11:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Clark and 25 more	3 hr
Aug 22, 12:05 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Clark and 25 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2025 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2025 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2025 Every mesoscale discussion in 2025

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.