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Mesoscale Discussion 2134

August 22, 200818 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 22, 2008, 3:48 PM CDT for 18 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2008, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 856Aug 22, 4:50 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
Aug 22, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Kittson, Marshall	4 hr
Aug 22, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Lake, Pine and 1 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.