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Mesoscale Discussion 1576

August 1, 201517 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in North Dakota; 23 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 1, 2015, 3:13 PM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in North Dakota; 23 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2015, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2015, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 51 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rock County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas and 26 more3 hr
Aug 1, 4:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Todd3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2015Every 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.