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Mesoscale Discussion 1695

July 15, 200450 counties in Minnesota; Sargent County, North Dakota; 16 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 15, 2004, 5:41 PM CDT for 50 counties in Minnesota; Sargent County, North Dakota; 16 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2004, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Rock County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Sargent County, ND, Brookings County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 12:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson and 8 more2 hr
Jul 15, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth and 44 more5 hr
Jul 14, 9:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 15 more96 min
Jul 14, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more6 hr
Jul 15, 2:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, Morton, Sheridan and 2 more53 min
Jul 14, 7:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence, Meade and 2 more86 min
Jul 14, 10:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence, Meade and 2 more53 min
Jul 15, 9:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha and 3 more118 min
Jul 15, 11:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Hutchinson and 2 more2 hr
Jul 15, 2:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Davison and 7 more2 hr
Jul 15, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Hutchinson, Lincoln and 3 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.