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Mesoscale Discussion 1502

July 9, 200922 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 9, 2009, 3:20 PM CDT for 22 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2009, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2009, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Aitkin County, MN, Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Benton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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
Jul 9, 3:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 9 more	83 min
Jul 9, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	6 hr
Jul 9, 2:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 8 more	93 min
Jul 9, 6:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chippewa, Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 5 more	86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.