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Mesoscale Discussion 1263

July 18, 2020Richland County, Roosevelt County, Sheridan County, Montana; 25 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 18, 2020, 12:16 PM MDT for Richland County, Roosevelt County, Sheridan County, Montana; 25 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2020, 12:16 PM MDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2020, 2:15 PM MDT
In force: 119 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 28 counties

Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Benson County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 6:57 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons and 14 more	2 hr
Jul 17, 9:25 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland and 1 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2020 Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.