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Mesoscale Discussion 2161

September 4, 20049 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in North Dakota; 9 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 4, 2004, 3:06 PM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in North Dakota; 9 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 4, 2004, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Sep 4, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 23 counties

Becker County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Traill County, ND, Beadle County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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
Sep 4, 5:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2004 Every 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.