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Mesoscale Discussion 1332

July 24, 20209 counties in Minnesota; 20 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 24, 2020, 4:53 PM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota; 20 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2020, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2020, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 29 counties

Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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 400Jul 24, 5:20 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
Jul 23, 8:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Divide, McKenzie, Williams	116 min
Jul 24, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons and 15 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.