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Mesoscale Discussion 2309

October 3, 200524 counties in Minnesota; Burnett County, Douglas County, Polk County, Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 3, 2005, 6:12 PM CDT for 24 counties in Minnesota; Burnett County, Douglas County, Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2005, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired: Oct 3, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 27 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pine County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Wright County, MN, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Polk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 829Oct 3, 6:35 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
Oct 3, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anoka, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 2 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.