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Mesoscale Discussion 1223

August 3, 20189 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 3, 2018, 12:05 PM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2018, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

Counties Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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
Aug 3, 4:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 10 more	55 min
Aug 3, 5:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Hennepin, Isanti and 13 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2018 Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.