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Mesoscale Discussion 1216

June 27, 201520 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 27, 2015, 5:54 PM CDT for 20 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2015, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 26 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 27, 2:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 7 more	119 min
Jun 27, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	7 hr
Jun 27, 4:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Chippewa, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 5 more	90 min
Jun 27, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens and 3 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.