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Mesoscale Discussion 2378

September 17, 200327 counties in Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota; 14 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 17, 2003, 12:49 PM CDT for 27 counties in Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota; 14 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 17, 2003, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 2003, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 86 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 42 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Pope County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Richland County, ND, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Miner County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 924Sep 17, 1:10 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
Sep 17, 12:15 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Koochiching, Mahnomen and 5 more	105 min
Sep 17, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant and 12 more	6 hr
Sep 17, 3:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater and 24 more	55 min
Sep 17, 6:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more	60 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.