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Mesoscale Discussion 2213

September 3, 202618 counties in Iowa; 10 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 3, 2026, 2:34 AM CDT for 18 counties in Iowa; 10 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 3, 2026, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2026, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 28 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 7:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Wabasha, Winona	83 min
Sep 3, 11:46 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 15 more	2 hr
Sep 3, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 7 more	11 hr
Sep 3, 3:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 12 more	88 min
Sep 3, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 1 more	9 hr
Sep 3, 6:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Itasca	97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2026 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2026 Every mesoscale discussion in 2026

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.