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Mesoscale Discussion 599

May 8, 20047 counties in Montana; 10 counties in North Dakota; 7 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2004, 4:11 PM MDT for 7 counties in Montana; 10 counties in North Dakota; 7 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2004, 4:11 PM MDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2004, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 24 counties

Carter County, MT, Daniels County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND, Butte County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Harding County, SD, Meade County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 245 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 168May 8, 6:15 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
May 8, 11:44 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield and 8 more	3 hr
May 8, 1:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Carter, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, McCone, Prairie and 5 more	5 hr
May 8, 2:17 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan and 1 more	58 min
May 8, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons and 20 more	4 hr
May 7, 6:34 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butte, Lawrence, Meade	86 min
May 7, 8:53 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bon Homme, Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody, Turner and 2 more	97 min
May 7, 9:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bon Homme, Clay, Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lincoln and 6 more	6 hr
May 8, 1:27 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Union	3 hr

Nearby

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