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Mesoscale Discussion 968
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2026, 2:43 PM CDT for Big Stone County, Traverse County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota; 37 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2026, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2026, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch likely
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 53 counties
Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brown County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Davison County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Jones County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Miner County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Norman, Traverse, Wilkin | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland, Sargent | 89 min |
| Jun 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bennett, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bon Homme | 113 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.