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Mesoscale Discussion 306

March 17, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 17, 2005, 7:57 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2005, 7:57 PM CST (01:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2005, 1:00 AM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 69 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Rock County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Buffalo County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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
Mar 18, 6:18 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Howard, Kossuth, Lyon and 7 more	4 hr
Mar 18, 11:33 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lyon	4 hr

Nearby

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