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Mesoscale Discussion 1646

August 6, 20137 counties in Minnesota; 44 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 6, 2013, 10:11 PM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota; 44 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2013, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2013, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 51 counties

Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Brown County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Clark County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Portage County, WI, Racine County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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 watches that followed

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

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 479Aug 6, 10:45 PM CDT

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
Aug 6, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 19 more	6 hr
Aug 6, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake and 15 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2013 Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.