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Mesoscale Discussion 1249

June 6, 200824 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2008, 10:09 AM CDT for 24 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2008, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2008, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 33 counties

Aitkin County, MN, Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Pine County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 472Jun 6, 10:30 AM CDT

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
Jun 5, 9:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 15 more	8 hr
Jun 6, 3:29 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Houston, Winona	61 min
Jun 6, 10:28 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 17 more	5 hr
Jun 6, 2:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Koochiching	88 min
Jun 6, 5:14 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Green Lake, Jefferson and 4 more	61 min
Jun 6, 12:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Florence, Forest, Iron, Marinette, Oneida, Vilas	63 min
Jun 6, 1:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 6 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2008 Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.