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Mesoscale Discussion 1185

July 11, 202027 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 11, 2020, 12:06 PM CDT for 27 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2020, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2020, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch: 60%

All 27 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 356Jul 11, 1:10 PM CDT

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
Jul 11, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 22 more	7 hr
Jul 11, 2:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Mower, Steele, Waseca	83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.