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Mesoscale Discussion 1097

June 5, 200416 counties in Minnesota; 22 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2004, 12:56 PM CDT for 16 counties in Minnesota; 22 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2004, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2004, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Davison County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2004-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2004-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 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
Jun 5, 2:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more91 min
Jun 5, 3:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec and 7 more118 min
Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 7 more115 min
Jun 4, 8:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Bennett, Brown, Brule, Buffalo and 29 more116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.