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Mesoscale Discussion 704

May 8, 20244 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2024, 2:17 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2024, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2024, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%
All 39 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Cass County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Brookings County, SD, Davison County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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.