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Mesoscale Discussion 1764

August 24, 2013Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; 18 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 24, 2013, 12:38 PM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; 18 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 24, 2013, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2013, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 496Aug 24, 1:15 PM CDT

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 24, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk and 2 more	9 hr
Aug 24, 5:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2013 Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.