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Mesoscale Discussion 2010

August 3, 200816 counties in North Dakota; 7 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 3, 2008, 4:10 AM CDT for 16 counties in North Dakota; 7 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2008, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2008, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 23 counties

Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McLean County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 2, 9:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope	62 min
Aug 3, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey and 27 more	8 hr
Aug 2, 10:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Gregory, Hutchinson and 5 more	62 min
Aug 2, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 15 more	4 hr
Aug 3, 2:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brookings, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lake and 6 more	2 hr

Nearby

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