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Mesoscale Discussion 1442

June 21, 200313 counties in Iowa; 11 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2003, 3:03 PM CDT for 13 counties in Iowa; 11 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2003, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 28 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sac County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Rock County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Kittson, Marshall	6 hr
Jun 21, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 8 more	7 hr
Jun 20, 8:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Todd	61 min
Jun 21, 1:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butte, Campbell, Corson, Custer, Dewey, Fall River and 14 more	3 hr
Jun 21, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aurora, Bennett, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Charles Mix and 23 more	7 hr
Jun 21, 4:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aurora, Bennett, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Charles Mix and 25 more	83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.