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Mesoscale Discussion 2170

December 31, 201011 counties in Minnesota; 16 counties in North Dakota; Brown County, McPherson County, Marshall County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 31, 2010, 5:05 PM CST for 11 counties in Minnesota; 16 counties in North Dakota; Brown County, McPherson County, Marshall County, South Dakota. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 31, 2010, 5:05 PM CST (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Dec 31, 2010, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 30 counties

Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Traill County, ND, Brown County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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
Dec 31, 11:22 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2010 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2010 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2010 Every mesoscale discussion in 2010

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.