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Mesoscale Discussion 1519

October 3, 20184 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 3, 2018, 5:13 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2018, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired: Oct 3, 2018, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 57 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Howard County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Tama County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 3, 2:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Goodhue, Wabasha	89 min
Oct 3, 3:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Carlton, Chisago, Goodhue, Pine, Wabasha	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2018 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.