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Mesoscale Discussion 2176

August 30, 2026Carter County, Fallon County, Montana; 19 counties in North Dakota; Butte County, Harding County, Perkins County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 30, 2026, 2:49 PM MDT for Carter County, Fallon County, Montana; 19 counties in North Dakota; Butte County, Harding County, Perkins County, South Dakota. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2026, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2026, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 636
All 24 counties

Carter County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Renville County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND, Butte County, SD, Harding County, SD, Perkins County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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
Aug 30, 12:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Powder River, Prairie and 4 more2 hr
Aug 30, 1:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, McCone, Powder River and 5 more5 hr
Aug 30, 4:30 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcLean, Mountrail, Ward3 hr
Aug 30, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBottineau, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, McHenry, McLean and 9 more6 hr
Aug 30, 4:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Morton and 2 more66 min
Aug 29, 9:58 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCorson, Dewey, Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Potter and 3 more62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 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.