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Mesoscale Discussion 1646

August 30, 202015 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in North Dakota; 28 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 30, 2020, 3:22 PM CDT for 15 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in North Dakota; 28 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2020, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2020, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...severe thunderstorm watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%
All 47 counties

Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brown County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Potter County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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.

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 21 more5 hr
Aug 30, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDickey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2020Every 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.