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Mesoscale Discussion 732

May 12, 202220 counties in Minnesota; Grant County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 12, 2022, 7:38 AM CDT for 20 counties in Minnesota; Grant County, South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2022, 7:38 AM CDT (12:38 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2022, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%
All 21 counties

Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Grant County, SD

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 21 more59 min
May 11, 7:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard and 8 more115 min
May 11, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPine4 hr
May 11, 9:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChisago, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Kanabec and 6 more91 min
May 12, 10:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec and 7 more3 hr
May 12, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Anoka, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 5 more5 hr
May 12, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more7 hr
May 12, 4:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMurray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock58 min
May 12, 5:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Traverse2 hr
May 12, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown and 47 more6 hr
May 11, 11:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo and 18 more115 min
May 12, 2:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell and 29 more3 hr
May 12, 1:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBon Homme, Charles Mix, Yankton3 hr
May 12, 2:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo and 32 more2 hr
May 12, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeadle, Brookings, Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark and 21 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2022Every 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.