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Mesoscale Discussion 2002

August 26, 20244 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 26, 2024, 3:51 PM MDT for 4 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 2024, 3:51 PM MDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2024, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 84 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 650

Counties Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Bennett County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 6:50 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boyd	85 min
Aug 26, 11:15 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux	2 hr
Aug 26, 1:37 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Dawes, Holt and 5 more	83 min
Aug 26, 2:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Dawes, Holt and 4 more	8 hr
Aug 26, 3:39 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cedar, Dixon, Holt, Knox	96 min
Aug 26, 4:28 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Hayes and 5 more	92 min
Aug 26, 4:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Antelope, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Knox, Pierce and 2 more	2 hr
Aug 25, 9:50 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beadle, Brown, Clark, Day, Marshall, Spink	85 min
Aug 25, 10:53 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brookings, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 2 more	2 hr
Aug 26, 1:43 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Deuel	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2024 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.