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Mesoscale Discussion 757

June 16, 201819 counties in Minnesota; Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota; 13 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 16, 2018, 6:21 PM CDT for 19 counties in Minnesota; Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota; 13 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2018, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2018, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 34 counties

Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brown County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 182Jun 16, 9:45 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 16, 8:29 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant and 11 more	2 hr
Jun 16, 3:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 10 more	84 min
Jun 16, 3:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 9 more	8 hr
Jun 16, 9:13 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh	92 min
Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Brule, Buffalo, Edmunds, Faulk, Haakon and 14 more	90 min
Jun 16, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bennett, Buffalo, Edmunds, Faulk, Haakon, Hand and 13 more	7 hr
Jun 16, 6:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Buffalo, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, Haakon and 14 more	91 min

Nearby

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