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Mesoscale Discussion 1112

June 21, 201413 counties in Iowa; 11 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2014, 11:57 PM CDT for 13 counties in Iowa; 11 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2014, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2014, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 93 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 29 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Martin County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Clay County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 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
Jun 21, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 2 more	6 hr
Jun 22, 11:19 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 38 more	101 min
Jun 22, 11:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 19 more	7 hr
Jun 22, 12:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Ringgold, Wayne	66 min
Jun 22, 2:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 18 more	60 min
Jun 22, 5:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Des Moines, Lee	92 min
Jun 21, 8:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Lac qui Parle and 11 more	91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.