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Mesoscale Discussion 2009

September 24, 201912 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 24, 2019, 5:16 PM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 24, 2019, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Sep 24, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 27 counties

Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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
Sep 24, 3:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 12 more	3 hr
Sep 24, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 24 more	7 hr
Sep 24, 6:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 25 more	117 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.