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Mesoscale Discussion 2181

August 28, 200843 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 28, 2008, 2:09 PM CDT for 43 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2008, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 55 counties

Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Cook County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Dakota 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, Lake County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pine County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 10:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 10 more	119 min

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.