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Mesoscale Discussion 2170

August 27, 200843 counties in Minnesota; Brookings County, Deuel County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 27, 2008, 2:24 AM CDT for 43 counties in Minnesota; Brookings County, Deuel County, South Dakota. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2008, 2:24 AM CDT (07:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pine County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Deuel County, SD

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 4:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 44 more117 min
Aug 26, 7:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCampbell, Edmunds, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 6 more95 min

Nearby

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