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Mesoscale Discussion 2082

August 23, 20049 counties in Montana; 7 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 23, 2004, 12:59 PM MDT for 9 counties in Montana; 7 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2004, 12:59 PM MDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2004, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Valley County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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 775Aug 23, 2:25 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
Aug 23, 1:22 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Kidder and 9 more	113 min
Aug 23, 2:25 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Billings, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley and 15 more	6 hr
Aug 23, 5:02 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Billings, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley and 15 more	88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2004 Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.