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Mesoscale Discussion 864

June 2, 2015Clay County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota; Campbell County, McPherson County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2015, 2:28 PM CDT for Clay County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota; Campbell County, McPherson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2015, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 92 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

Counties Clay County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass 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, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Campbell County, SD, McPherson County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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.

Tornado Watch 247Jun 2, 2:45 PM CDT

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
Jun 2, 2:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 10 more	7 hr
Jun 2, 6:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 8 more	113 min
Jun 2, 1:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fall River, Oglala Lakota	53 min
Jun 2, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 3 more	7 hr
Jun 2, 6:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Lawrence, Mellette and 3 more	2 hr

Nearby

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