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Mesoscale Discussion 232

March 31, 2014Norman County, Polk County, Minnesota; 23 counties in North Dakota; Campbell County, Corson County, Ziebach County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 31, 2014, 6:18 AM CDT for Norman County, Polk County, Minnesota; 23 counties in North Dakota; Campbell County, Corson County, Ziebach County, South Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2014, 6:18 AM CDT (11:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2014, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 28 counties

Norman County, MN, Polk County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Grant County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Wells County, ND, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 31, 12:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 31, 3:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chippewa, Cottonwood, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray and 5 more	115 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Traverse, Wilkin	5 hr
Mar 31, 3:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Watonwan	113 min
Mar 31, 6:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore and 15 more	3 hr
Mar 30, 9:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Golden Valley and 9 more	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.