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Mesoscale Discussion 111

February 9, 2020Emmet County, Winnebago County, Worth County, Iowa; 23 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 9, 2020, 1:16 AM CST for Emmet County, Winnebago County, Worth County, Iowa; 23 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 9, 2020, 1:16 AM CST (07:16 UTC)
Expired: Feb 9, 2020, 6:15 AM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 32 counties

Emmet County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Moody County, SD

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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
Feb 9, 6:39 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore and 19 more	4 hr
Feb 8, 7:46 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beadle, Brookings, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Edmunds and 8 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2020 Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.