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Mesoscale Discussion 1226

August 3, 201816 counties in Minnesota; Boyd County, Nebraska; 29 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 3, 2018, 4:05 PM CDT for 16 counties in Minnesota; Boyd County, Nebraska; 29 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2018, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2018, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 46 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Boyd County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Davison County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Grant County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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 text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 12:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 3 more	55 min
Aug 3, 5:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Hennepin, Isanti and 13 more	2 hr
Aug 3, 6:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Lincoln, Perkins	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2018 Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.