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Mesoscale Discussion 2367

September 10, 20038 counties in North Dakota; 23 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 10, 2003, 5:27 PM CDT for 8 counties in North Dakota; 23 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2003, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brown County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clark County, SD, Davison County, SD, Day County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Turner County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2003-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2003-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -101 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Sep 10, 2:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 3 more83 min
Sep 10, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBurleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 2 more5 hr
Sep 9, 9:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCharles Mix, Gregory, Todd, Tripp114 min
Sep 9, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBon Homme, Charles Mix, Gregory, Yankton5 hr
Sep 10, 1:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Brule, Buffalo, Custer, Fall River, Gregory and 11 more2 hr
Sep 10, 11:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Hanson and 3 more2 hr
Sep 10, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Union6 hr
Sep 10, 6:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCUnion67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in North 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.