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Mesoscale Discussion 647

June 5, 2018Clay County, Traverse County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; 22 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2018, 6:01 PM CDT for Clay County, Traverse County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; 22 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: Jun 5, 2018, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2018, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 31 counties

Clay County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Traill County, ND, Wells County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 155Jun 5, 9:05 PM CDT

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
Jun 5, 6:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bowman, Slope	2 hr

Nearby

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