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Mesoscale Discussion 1626

August 6, 2015Lyon County, Iowa; 32 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 6, 2015, 6:06 PM CDT for Lyon County, Iowa; 32 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2015, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 42 counties

Lyon County, IA, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rock County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Swift County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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
Aug 6, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Lyon, Osceola	7 hr
Aug 6, 1:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Rock, Yellow Medicine	114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.