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December 15, 2015Traverse County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; 6 counties in North Dakota; 20 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 15, 2015, 4:55 PM CST for Traverse County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; 6 counties in North Dakota; 20 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2015, 4:55 PM CST (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Dec 15, 2015, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 28 counties

Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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
Dec 15, 11:48 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Brule, Buffalo, Gregory, Lyman, Mellette and 2 more	4 hr

Nearby

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