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Mesoscale Discussion 2298

August 28, 200313 counties in Minnesota; Minnehaha County, Moody County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 28, 2003, 5:02 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota; Minnehaha County, Moody County, South Dakota. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2003, 5:02 AM CDT (10:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Rock County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 28, 5:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Houston	59 min
Aug 27, 8:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Haakon, Hughes and 11 more	59 min

Nearby

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.