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Mesoscale Discussion 1799

July 17, 200812 counties in Iowa; 24 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 17, 2008, 8:55 AM CDT for 12 counties in Iowa; 24 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2008, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 40 counties

Cerro Gordo County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Howard County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 696Jul 17, 11:00 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
Jul 17, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw and 22 more	7 hr
Jul 17, 2:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton and 8 more	86 min
Jul 17, 5:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 60 more	85 min
Jul 17, 6:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fremont, Mills, Page	2 hr
Jul 16, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Big Stone, Traverse	5 hr
Jul 16, 11:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Stevens, Swift and 1 more	96 min
Jul 17, 12:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Pine	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.