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Mesoscale Discussion 973

June 3, 2026Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota; 29 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2026, 6:16 PM CDT for Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota; 29 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2026, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2026, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 89 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Tornado watch 271

All 31 counties

Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brown County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Davison County, SD, Day County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Miner County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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 2, 8:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	2 hr
Jun 3, 2:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Griggs, Kidder and 7 more	3 hr
Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Griggs, Ransom, Richland and 3 more	7 hr
Jun 3, 5:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Walsh	2 hr
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, 2026 Mesoscale Discussions in North 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.