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Mesoscale Discussion 1513

July 5, 20269 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2026, 2:47 PM CDT for 9 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2026, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2026, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Dunn County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Ward County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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.

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Divide and 14 more8 hr
Jul 5, 6:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBillings, Bottineau, Bowman, Cavalier, Dunn, Golden Valley and 9 more115 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2026Every mesoscale discussion in 2026

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.