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Mesoscale Discussion 1885

August 14, 20097 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota; Brown County, Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 14, 2009, 3:42 PM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota; Brown County, Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2009, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2009, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Traill County, ND, Brown County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 10:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more95 min
Aug 14, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Norman, Wilkin5 hr
Aug 14, 12:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenson, Billings, Bottineau, Dunn, Golden Valley, McHenry and 12 more87 min
Aug 14, 2:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMellette, Todd, Tripp58 min
Aug 14, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBennett, Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jackson and 7 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2009Every 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.