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Mesoscale Discussion 1942

August 8, 20056 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 8, 2005, 5:51 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2005, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 84 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Swift 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, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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 7, 7:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago and 19 more	66 min
Aug 8, 4:51 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 25 more	114 min
Aug 8, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 34 more	6 hr
Aug 8, 9:45 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 34 more	90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005 Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.