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Mesoscale Discussion 1189

June 11, 200428 counties in North Dakota; 10 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 11, 2004, 12:09 PM CDT for 28 counties in North Dakota; 10 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2004, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2004, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Benson County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Spink County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 2004-06-11Temperature 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2004-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -76 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175194214233253272Sfc1 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
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 11, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenson, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 24 more6 hr
Jun 11, 3:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenson, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 24 more114 min
Jun 11, 6:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Grand Forks, Griggs and 10 more95 min
Jun 11, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster and 16 more4 hr
Jun 10, 8:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo and 29 more86 min
Jun 10, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo and 30 more5 hr
Jun 10, 11:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo and 30 more92 min
Jun 11, 1:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Lincoln, Union62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.