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Mesoscale Discussion 1639

August 30, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 30, 2014, 2:12 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 30, 2014, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2014, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 26 counties

Carter County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Butte County, SD, Custer County, SD, Harding County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Big Horn County, WY, Campbell County, WY, Crook County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Sheridan County, WY, Washakie County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 221 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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
Aug 30, 5:49 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter	86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2014 Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.