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Mesoscale Discussion 217

March 26, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2004, 1:56 PM MST for 4 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 26, 2004, 1:56 PM MST (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2004, 4:30 PM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Dawes County, NE, Butte County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Campbell County, WY, Crook County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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 31Mar 26, 2:10 PM MST

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
Mar 26, 2:10 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Carter	6 hr
Mar 26, 12:48 PM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Pawnee, Richardson	117 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 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.