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Mesoscale Discussion 1375

June 14, 200817 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota; Roberts County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2008, 2:49 PM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota; Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2008, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 30 counties

Becker County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Clay County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Pope County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 530Jun 14, 3:00 PM 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 14, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater and 18 more	7 hr
Jun 14, 6:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone and 38 more	86 min
Jun 14, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 29 more	6 hr
Jun 14, 1:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benson, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn, Eddy and 20 more	89 min
Jun 14, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn and 23 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.