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Mesoscale Discussion 700

May 9, 20229 counties in Iowa; 36 counties in Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 9, 2022, 1:54 PM CDT for 9 counties in Iowa; 36 counties in Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2022, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2022, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch: 95%

All 46 counties

Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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.

Tornado Watch 194May 9, 2:50 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
May 9, 6:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 21 more	88 min
May 9, 5:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi and 19 more	63 min
May 9, 7:14 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Hennepin and 17 more	91 min
May 9, 7:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Crow Wing and 22 more	4 hr
May 9, 9:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec and 7 more	59 min
May 9, 9:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Washington	3 hr
May 9, 2:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago and 32 more	7 hr
May 9, 5:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted, Pine and 3 more	84 min
May 9, 6:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Itasca, Koochiching	90 min
May 9, 11:58 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Iron, Sawyer, Vilas	62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2022 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2022 Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2022 Every mesoscale discussion in 2022

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.