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Mesoscale Discussion 1838

August 2, 200424 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 2, 2004, 3:12 PM CDT for 24 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2004, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Rock County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clark County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 2004-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 173 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 2004-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-527 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1406 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 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
Aug 1, 7:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Swift53 min
Aug 2, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMurray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock4 hr
Aug 2, 12:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard and 12 more97 min
Aug 2, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Becker, Benton, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 14 more5 hr
Aug 2, 3:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMurray, Nobles, Rock58 min
Aug 2, 5:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Becker, Benton, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 14 more88 min
Aug 2, 6:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Becker, Benton, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 14 more64 min
Aug 2, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 14 more5 hr
Aug 1, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeadle, Brookings, Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark and 26 more6 hr
Aug 1, 10:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeadle, Buffalo, Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand and 7 more60 min
Aug 1, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 6 more5 hr
Aug 1, 11:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix and 19 more61 min
Aug 2, 4:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Gregory, Hutchinson and 5 more37 min
Aug 2, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAurora, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix and 17 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.