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Mesoscale Discussion 500

May 5, 20149 counties in Montana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 5, 2014, 5:31 PM MDT for 9 counties in Montana. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2014, 5:31 PM MDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Custer County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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
May 5, 2:48 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Powder River	57 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 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.