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Mesoscale Discussion 308

March 18, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 18, 2005, 11:33 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2005, 11:33 AM CST (17:33 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2005, 3:30 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 46 counties

Lyon County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod 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, Lake County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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 17, 7:57 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Dickinson, Emmet, Howard and 4 more	5 hr
Mar 18, 6:18 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Howard, Kossuth, Lyon and 7 more	4 hr

Nearby

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