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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 385

June 9, 200118 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 9, 2001, 3:45 PM CDT for 18 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2001, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Benson County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Divide County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 208 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2001-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2001-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBillings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 10 more6 hr
Jun 9, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Eddy and 18 more7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.