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Mesoscale Discussion 2124

August 24, 2026Traverse County, Minnesota; 4 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 24, 2026, 11:49 PM CDT for Traverse County, Minnesota; 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 24, 2026, 11:49 PM CDT (04:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2026, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 86 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 625

Counties Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Day County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 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, 1:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching and 3 more	114 min
Aug 25, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Cook, Isanti, Kanabec and 3 more	6 hr
Aug 24, 9:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Day, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Marshall and 2 more	89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2026 Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2026 Every 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.