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Mesoscale Discussion 1499

August 15, 202013 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 15, 2020, 3:14 PM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2020, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2020, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...severe thunderstorm watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 215 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Carlton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin and 7 more92 min
Aug 14, 10:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona54 min
Aug 15, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 13 more6 hr
Aug 15, 6:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson and 8 more96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2020Every 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.