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Mesoscale Discussion 1832

July 14, 200326 counties in North Dakota; 9 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2003, 3:48 AM CDT for 26 counties in North Dakota; 9 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2003, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2003, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Wells County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Day County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Spink County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2630 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2407 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward and 1 more1 min
Jul 13, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCass, Grand Forks, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Traill5 hr
Jul 14, 2:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenson, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs and 7 more65 min
Jul 14, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGrand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina, Steele, Traill and 1 more5 hr
Jul 14, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina, Steele, Traill and 1 more85 min
Jul 13, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell and 22 more5 hr
Jul 13, 10:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clark, Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Spink84 min
Jul 14, 12:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 4 more36 min
Jul 14, 1:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody, Turner and 2 more113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.