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Mesoscale Discussion 1612

August 24, 201420 counties in Iowa; Fillmore County, Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 24, 2014, 11:41 PM CDT for 20 counties in Iowa; Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 24, 2014, 11:41 PM CDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2014, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 94 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 21 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Fillmore County, MN

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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
Aug 24, 9:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Carver and 22 more	56 min

Nearby

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