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Mesoscale Discussion 5

January 1, 200531 counties in Minnesota; 26 counties in North Dakota; 4 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 1, 2005, 1:01 PM CST for 31 counties in Minnesota; 26 counties in North Dakota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2005, 1:01 PM CST (19:01 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 61 counties

Aitkin County, MN, Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Cook County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Pine County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Wells County, ND, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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
Jan 1, 6:48 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 31 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, 12:32 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 44 more	5 hr
Jan 1, 12:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green and 11 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 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.