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Mesoscale Discussion 288

March 12, 20178 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 12, 2017, 7:14 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2017, 7:14 AM CDT (12:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2017, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Moody County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 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
Mar 12, 12:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin and 5 more	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2017 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.