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Mesoscale Discussion 1895

September 19, 201326 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 19, 2013, 7:55 AM CDT for 26 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 19, 2013, 7:55 AM CDT (12:55 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2013, 10:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 33 counties

Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 529Sep 19, 8:45 AM 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
Sep 18, 8:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	2 hr
Sep 19, 8:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 28 more	5 hr
Sep 19, 10:38 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 15 more	97 min
Sep 19, 12:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashland, Iron, Vilas	92 min
Sep 19, 4:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green and 15 more	91 min
Sep 19, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.