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Mesoscale Discussion 733

May 16, 201734 counties in Minnesota; 39 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 16, 2017, 3:32 PM CDT for 34 counties in Minnesota; 39 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2017, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 88 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 73 counties

Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Adams County, WI, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Portage County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Washburn County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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
May 15, 8:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 19 more	115 min
May 15, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 16 more	5 hr
May 15, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles, Rock	3 hr
May 16, 2:13 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 22 more	92 min
May 16, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 16 more	4 hr
May 15, 7:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette and 4 more	56 min
May 15, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 3 more	3 hr
May 15, 10:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jefferson, Kenosha, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha	61 min
May 16, 12:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buffalo, Clark, Eau Claire, Jackson, Marathon, Menominee and 7 more	2 hr
May 16, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa and 24 more	6 hr
May 16, 6:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett and 32 more	65 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.