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Mesoscale Discussion 294

April 29, 20187 counties in Montana; 8 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 29, 2018, 5:06 PM MDT for 7 counties in Montana; 8 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2018, 5:06 PM MDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2018, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 21 counties

Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Butte County, SD, Harding County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 12:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Carter, Powder River, Rosebud3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2018Every 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.