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July 26, 200816 counties in Nebraska; 40 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 26, 2008, 11:15 PM CDT for 16 counties in Nebraska; 40 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2008, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2008, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 56 counties

Blaine County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bennett County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Davison County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Jones County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Miner County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Potter County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Walworth County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 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 26, 7:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Pawnee, Richardson	67 min
Jul 26, 8:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Blaine, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Cherry and 12 more	84 min
Jul 26, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arthur, Box Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Garden, Grant and 4 more	7 hr
Jul 27, 1:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cedar, Dakota, Dixon	118 min
Jul 27, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Dakota, Dixon	8 hr
Jul 26, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more	8 hr
Jul 27, 2:25 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo, Butte and 45 more	95 min
Jul 27, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more	5 hr
Jul 27, 7:15 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule and 29 more	90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2008 Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.