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Mesoscale Discussion 532

May 8, 201428 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota; Buffalo County, La Crosse County, Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2014, 8:34 PM CDT for 28 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota; Buffalo County, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2014, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 86 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 37 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Howard County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Tama County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, La Crosse County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 8, 7:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti and 8 more	87 min

Nearby

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