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Mesoscale Discussion 2069

August 10, 20086 counties in Montana; 12 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 10, 2008, 4:28 PM MDT for 6 counties in Montana; 12 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2008, 4:28 PM MDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2008, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 23 counties

Carter County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Richland County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND, Butte County, SD, Harding County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 218 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 10, 12:10 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Custer, Fallon, Wibaux	95 min
Aug 10, 12:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Carter, Fallon, Powder River	9 hr

Nearby

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