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Mesoscale Discussion 1342

July 20, 20166 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 20, 2016, 11:36 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2016, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2016, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Cass County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 403Jul 21, 12:30 AM CDT

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	6 hr
Jul 20, 11:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 6 more	59 min
Jul 21, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 8 more	6 hr
Jul 21, 2:30 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing, Douglas and 10 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2016 Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.