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Mesoscale Discussion 58

February 14, 200328 counties in Iowa; 21 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 14, 2003, 9:02 AM CST for 28 counties in Iowa; 21 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 14, 2003, 9:02 AM CST (15:02 UTC)
Expired: Feb 14, 2003, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 66 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rock County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 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
Feb 14, 3:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware and 9 more	5 hr

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.