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Mesoscale Discussion 1843

July 14, 2003Itasca County, Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2003, 5:55 PM CDT for Itasca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2003, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

County Itasca County, MN

The radar

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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, 2:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson and 9 more	65 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, 6:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Jackson, Martin, Nicollet, Watonwan	116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.