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Mesoscale Discussion 4

January 3, 202017 counties in Iowa; 18 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 3, 2020, 1:24 PM CST for 17 counties in Iowa; 18 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2020, 1:24 PM CST (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2020, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 35 counties

Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Story County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Mower County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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

As transmitted.

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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.