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Mesoscale Discussion 2282

September 23, 200825 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 23, 2008, 1:45 PM CDT for 25 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 23, 2008, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 29 counties

Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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 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
Sep 22, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	8 hr
Sep 22, 10:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	54 min
Sep 23, 1:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more	23 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.