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Mesoscale Discussion 490

May 2, 2015Clay County, Norman County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; 4 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 2, 2015, 5:58 PM CDT for Clay County, Norman County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2015, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

Counties Clay County, MN, Norman County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.