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Mesoscale Discussion 1541

August 21, 202013 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 21, 2020, 7:47 PM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2020, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2020, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 447

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 9:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue and 11 more2 hr
Aug 22, 4:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Kanabec and 3 more3 hr

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.