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Mesoscale Discussion 1802

August 11, 200623 counties in North Dakota; 11 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 11, 2006, 10:38 PM CDT for 23 counties in North Dakota; 11 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2006, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2006, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm potential

All 34 counties

Barnes County, ND, Benson 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, McIntosh County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Wells County, ND, Brown County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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 712Aug 11, 11:00 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 11, 7:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 18 more	92 min
Aug 11, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure and 10 more	5 hr
Aug 12, 3:13 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey and 28 more	62 min
Aug 12, 2:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure and 7 more	83 min
Aug 12, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 16 more	5 hr
Aug 12, 1:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aurora, Beadle, Brule, Buffalo, Edmunds, Faulk and 13 more	93 min
Aug 12, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aurora, Beadle, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix and 23 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2006 Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.