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Mesoscale Discussion 1835

July 14, 200315 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2003, 2:10 PM CDT for 15 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2003, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2003, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 28 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 744Jul 14, 2:35 PM CDT

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
Jul 13, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant and 9 more	5 hr
Jul 13, 11:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Clay, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more	58 min
Jul 14, 9:58 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 32 more	62 min
Jul 14, 1:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	113 min
Jul 14, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson and 9 more	5 hr
Jul 14, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles and 3 more	6 hr
Jul 14, 3:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson and 9 more	85 min
Jul 14, 3:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Benton, Big Stone, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 9 more	2 hr
Jul 14, 5:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 37 more	55 min
Jul 14, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carlton, Carver and 36 more	5 hr
Jul 14, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	4 hr
Jul 14, 5:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Itasca	2 hr
Jul 14, 6:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Jackson, Martin, Nicollet, Watonwan	116 min
Jul 13, 8:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward and 1 more	1 min
Jul 14, 3:48 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy and 20 more	57 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in North 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.