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Mesoscale Discussion 2112

August 25, 200426 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 25, 2004, 5:47 PM CDT for 26 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2004, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 31 counties

Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Renville County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Brown County, SD, Day County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 787Aug 25, 7:05 PM CDT

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 25, 1:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dickey, Emmons, Logan, McIntosh, Sargent	119 min
Aug 25, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 4 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in South 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.