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Mesoscale Discussion 1597

July 2, 200528 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2005, 3:46 PM CDT for 28 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2005, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 34 counties

Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Wells County, ND, Brown County, SD, Day County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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.

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 1, 9:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Dunn, Golden Valley and 12 more	115 min
Jul 2, 2:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope	3 hr
Jul 2, 5:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke and 35 more	2 hr
Jul 2, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dunn and 25 more	8 hr
Jul 2, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 5 more	8 hr
Jul 2, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bennett, Butte, Campbell, Corson, Custer, Dewey and 24 more	8 hr
Jul 2, 6:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Butte, Campbell, Corson, Custer, Dewey and 23 more	94 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2005 Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.