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Mesoscale Discussion 231

February 13, 200821 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 13, 2008, 4:09 PM CST for 21 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2008, 4:09 PM CST (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2008, 10:15 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 35 counties

Aitkin County, MN, Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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
Feb 13, 9:39 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Cass, Eddy and 19 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 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.