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Mesoscale Discussion 1312

July 5, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2015, 9:57 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2015, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 43 counties

Lyon County, IA, Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Knox County, NE, Rock County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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
Jul 5, 7:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lyon, Osceola, Sioux	2 hr
Jul 5, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	8 hr
Jul 6, 1:01 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux	29 min
Jul 5, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine and 1 more	4 hr
Jul 5, 9:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Saint Louis	86 min
Jul 5, 8:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Blaine, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Cherry and 14 more	90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.