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Mesoscale Discussion 872

May 22, 20124 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 22, 2012, 5:11 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2012, 5:11 PM MDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2012, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 94 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Carter County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Butte County, SD, Harding County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Campbell County, WY, Crook County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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
May 22, 2:44 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dunn, Eddy and 20 more	91 min
May 22, 3:03 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 21 more	7 hr
May 22, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Grand Forks, LaMoure, Logan and 6 more	7 hr
May 22, 5:54 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Eddy, Foster, Kidder and 9 more	96 min
May 22, 1:59 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aurora, Bennett, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson and 21 more	91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2012 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2012 Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2012 Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.