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Mesoscale Discussion 289

March 12, 201711 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 12, 2017, 12:48 PM CDT for 11 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2017, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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, 7:14 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 2 more	6 hr

Nearby

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.