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Mesoscale Discussion 635

May 15, 201914 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 15, 2019, 3:23 PM CDT for 14 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2019, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2019, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

Counties Benson County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 167May 15, 3:45 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
May 15, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons and 21 more	6 hr
May 15, 6:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benson, Burleigh, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons, Foster and 15 more	2 hr

Nearby

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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.