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Mesoscale Discussion 986

July 2, 201823 counties in North Dakota; 12 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2018, 4:23 PM MDT for 23 counties in North Dakota; 12 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2018, 4:23 PM MDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2018, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 60%

All 35 counties

Adams County, ND, Barnes County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Harding County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 watches that followed

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

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 256Jul 2, 6:35 PM MDT

The text

As transmitted.

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Nearby

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