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Mesoscale Discussion 2548

December 30, 20085 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 30, 2008, 12:49 AM CST for 5 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 30, 2008, 12:49 AM CST (06:49 UTC)
Expired: Dec 30, 2008, 4:45 AM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Clay County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cass County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 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
Dec 30, 6:11 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Grant, Hennepin and 13 more	3 hr
Dec 29, 6:46 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer and 4 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2008 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.