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Mesoscale Discussion 2349

December 26, 202314 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 26, 2023, 5:27 AM CST for 14 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2023, 5:27 AM CST (11:27 UTC)
Expired: Dec 26, 2023, 10:30 AM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Freezing rain

Counties Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Traill County, ND, Campbell County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 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
Dec 25, 7:56 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Griggs, LaMoure and 9 more	5 hr
Dec 26, 4:33 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence and 4 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2023 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2023 Every mesoscale discussion in 2023

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.