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Mesoscale Discussion 906

May 30, 20264 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 30, 2026, 2:21 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2026, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2026, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT, Bowman County, ND, Butte County, SD, Harding County, SD, Campbell County, WY, Crook County, WY

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 233 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 5:20 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter	85 min
May 30, 1:14 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	2 hr
May 30, 2:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Custer, Fall River, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	7 hr

Nearby

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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.