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Mesoscale Discussion 519

March 31, 20085 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 31, 2008, 9:48 AM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2008, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 70 counties

Lyon County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Gogebic County, MI, Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur 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, Nobles County, MN, Pine County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Rock County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Moody County, SD, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Iron County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 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
Mar 31, 2:30 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lyon	5 hr
Mar 31, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	3 hr
Mar 31, 3:31 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union and 1 more	59 min
Mar 31, 5:59 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont, Montgomery and 5 more	91 min
Mar 31, 1:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson and 5 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in South 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.