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Mesoscale Discussion 1950

July 28, 2008Big Stone County, Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 28, 2008, 7:09 PM CDT for Big Stone County, Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 111 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2008, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 111 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Big Stone County, MN, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Brown County, SD, Day County, SD, Grant County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 28, 7:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone	2 hr
Jul 28, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more	6 hr
Jul 28, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Big Stone, Traverse	4 hr
Jul 29, 12:36 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Cass and 32 more	84 min
Jul 29, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Beltrami, Benton, Cass, Chippewa, Clearwater and 24 more	5 hr
Jul 29, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Pine, Saint Louis	3 hr
Jul 29, 2:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Winona	84 min
Jul 28, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, LaMoure and 9 more	4 hr
Jul 28, 8:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aurora, Beadle, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell, Charles Mix and 28 more	88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.