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Mesoscale Discussion 298

April 30, 201810 counties in Minnesota; Ransom County, Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota; 9 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 30, 2018, 5:43 PM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota; Ransom County, Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota; 9 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2018, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2018, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 22 counties

Becker County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Brown County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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 30, 3:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory and 2 more54 min
Apr 30, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 12 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in North 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.