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Mesoscale Discussion 1378

July 12, 201521 counties in Minnesota; 18 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 12, 2015, 2:54 PM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota; 18 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 12, 2015, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 39 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, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 10:05 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching and 3 more	85 min
Jul 12, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	7 hr
Jul 12, 3:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac qui Parle and 13 more	82 min
Jul 12, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown and 54 more	5 hr
Jul 12, 5:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant and 13 more	97 min
Jul 11, 9:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Cass and 33 more	86 min

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.