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Mesoscale Discussion 1593

July 3, 20037 counties in Montana; 16 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 3, 2003, 3:24 PM MDT for 7 counties in Montana; 16 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2003, 3:24 PM MDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2003, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 23 counties

Custer County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, McCone County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Billings County, ND, Burke County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Renville County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 628Jul 3, 6:55 PM MDT

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 10:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Fallon, Richland, Wibaux	4 hr
Jul 3, 2:28 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fallon	3 hr
Jul 2, 6:25 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Richland	6 hr
Jul 2, 8:06 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Richland	84 min
Jul 2, 10:14 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Richland	61 min
Jul 3, 1:19 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Kidder, McHenry, McLean and 11 more	86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.