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Mesoscale Discussion 628

April 10, 20085 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 10, 2008, 7:49 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2008, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2008, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 88 counties

Gogebic County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Becker County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Clay County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lake County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pine County, MN, Pope County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brown County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Davison County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Moody County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Polk County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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
Apr 10, 11:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gogebic	4 hr
Apr 11, 10:47 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegan, Barry, Bay, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 28 more	88 min
Apr 11, 11:58 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allegan, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun and 33 more	8 hr
Apr 11, 1:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Bay, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton and 28 more	94 min
Apr 11, 5:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe and 5 more	89 min

Nearby

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