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Mesoscale Discussion 224

March 10, 200929 counties in Minnesota; Cass County, Ransom County, Richland County, North Dakota; Grant County, Roberts County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 10, 2009, 9:53 AM CDT for 29 counties in Minnesota; Cass County, Ransom County, Richland County, North Dakota; Grant County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2009, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 34 counties

Aitkin County, MN, Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pope County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Grant County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 9, 9:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence, Meade and 3 more	4 hr

Nearby

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