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Mesoscale Discussion 2553

December 13, 200511 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 13, 2005, 6:35 PM CST for 11 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2005, 6:35 PM CST (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Dec 13, 2005, 10:30 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 11:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Emmet and 15 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005Every 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.