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Mesoscale Discussion 1990

August 18, 202518 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 18, 2025, 6:25 PM MDT for 18 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2025, 6:25 PM MDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2025, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 600

Counties Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Meade County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Potter County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Walworth County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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.