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Mesoscale Discussion 964

June 2, 202613 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2026, 5:56 PM MDT for 13 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2026, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 269

Counties Bennett County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 12:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Butte, Campbell, Corson, Custer, Dewey and 12 more2 hr
Jun 2, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBennett, Butte, Campbell, Corson, Custer, Dewey and 17 more9 hr
Jun 2, 3:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence, Meade and 2 more2 hr
Jun 2, 4:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCampbell, McPherson, Walworth2 hr

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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.