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Mesoscale Discussion 1749

July 30, 202416 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 30, 2024, 2:03 PM MDT for 16 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2024, 2:03 PM MDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2024, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch: 60%

All 24 counties

Adams County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 573Jul 30, 3:40 PM MDT

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 29, 8:33 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom and 3 more	87 min
Jul 29, 9:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent	5 hr
Jul 29, 10:23 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ransom, Richland	2 hr
Jul 30, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant, Kidder and 14 more	5 hr
Jul 29, 6:56 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bon Homme, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson and 5 more	2 hr
Jul 29, 7:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bon Homme, Clay, Hutchinson, Lincoln, Turner, Union and 1 more	5 hr
Jul 30, 2:40 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gregory, Todd, Tripp	2 hr
Jul 30, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bennett, Charles Mix, Gregory, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette and 3 more	7 hr
Jul 30, 5:32 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Haakon, Jackson, Mellette, Todd, Tripp	88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2024 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2024 Every mesoscale discussion in 2024

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.