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Mesoscale Discussion 1309
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2015, 7:24 PM CDT for Lyon County, Osceola County, Sioux County, Iowa; 23 counties in Minnesota; 20 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2015, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 46 counties
Lyon County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Big Stone County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rock County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clark County, SD, Clay County, SD, Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Saint Louis | 86 min |
| Jul 5, 8:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix and 13 more | 90 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2015Every 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.