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Mesoscale Discussion 109

February 17, 20148 counties in Iowa; 43 counties in Minnesota; Pierce County, Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 17, 2014, 3:29 AM CST for 8 counties in Iowa; 43 counties in Minnesota; Pierce County, Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2014, 3:29 AM CST (09:29 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 54 counties

Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Mower County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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
Feb 17, 2:26 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Des Moines, Lee, Van Buren	4 hr
Feb 17, 11:30 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clinton, Jackson, Scott	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2014 Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.