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Mesoscale Discussion 962

June 2, 202615 counties in North Dakota; Campbell County, McPherson County, Walworth County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2026, 5:28 PM CDT for 15 counties in North Dakota; Campbell County, McPherson County, Walworth County, South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2026, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2026, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 270

Counties Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Wells County, ND, Campbell County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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
Jun 1, 8:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Billings, Golden Valley	86 min
Jun 2, 11:59 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Grant, Hettinger and 15 more	91 min
Jun 2, 1:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier, Eddy and 23 more	2 hr
Jun 2, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier and 30 more	7 hr
Jun 2, 4:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams	2 hr
Jun 2, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bennett, Butte, Campbell, Corson, Custer, Dewey and 17 more	9 hr
Jun 2, 6:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Brule, Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde and 7 more	2 hr

Nearby

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