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Mesoscale Discussion 768

May 7, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 7, 2005, 11:07 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2005, 11:07 PM CDT (04:07 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 55 counties

Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Big Stone County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rock County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Howard County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 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
May 7, 7:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola and 3 more	116 min
May 7, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux	6 hr
May 8, 1:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lyon, Sioux	3 hr
May 8, 1:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 6 more	7 hr
May 8, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills and 5 more	7 hr
May 8, 3:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 28 more	85 min
May 8, 5:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet and 12 more	63 min
May 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Calhoun, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin and 7 more	8 hr
May 8, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 6 more	5 hr
May 7, 8:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Cedar and 26 more	114 min
May 8, 2:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Cass, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Gage and 11 more	64 min
May 8, 6:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Pawnee	118 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.