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Mesoscale Discussion 1289

July 11, 2017Clay County, Norman County, Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 11, 2017, 7:09 PM CDT for Clay County, Norman County, Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2017, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2017, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Clay County, MN, Norman County, MN, Polk County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Cass, Chippewa and 31 more	6 hr
Jul 12, 1:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 21 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2017 Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2017 Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.