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Mesoscale Discussion 129

February 23, 201940 counties in Iowa; 17 counties in Minnesota; Douglas County, Washington County, Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 23, 2019, 5:26 PM CST for 40 counties in Iowa; 17 counties in Minnesota; Douglas County, Washington County, Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2019, 5:26 PM CST (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2019, 10:30 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 59 counties

Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Douglas County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 1:52 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Burt, Butler, Clay, Colfax, Dodge and 14 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2019 Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

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.