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Mesoscale Discussion 146

February 26, 20096 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 26, 2009, 6:33 AM CST for 6 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 26, 2009, 6:33 AM CST (12:33 UTC)
Expired: Feb 26, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 101 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Otter Tail 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, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Dickey County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Brookings County, SD, Brown County, SD, Clay County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:34 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
Feb 26, 9:26 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Boone and 40 more	2 hr
Feb 25, 10:20 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Otter Tail, Stevens and 2 more	6 hr
Feb 26, 11:47 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 18 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2009 Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.