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Mesoscale Discussion 3

January 1, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 1, 2005, 12:32 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2005, 12:32 PM CST (18:32 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2005, 5:30 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 96 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Anoka County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Jackson 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, Mower County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pipestone 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, Swift County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Jackson County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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 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
Jan 1, 6:48 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 29 more	4 hr
Jan 1, 12:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 26 more	4 hr
Jan 1, 7:25 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 4 more	4 hr
Jan 1, 1:01 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 25 more	5 hr

Nearby

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