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August 15, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 15, 2004, 5:01 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2004, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties

Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Rock County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Boyd County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Grant County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Knox County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Bennett County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Lyman County, SD, McCook County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2004-08-15Temperature 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 2004-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
1335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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 15, 1:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBox Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Sheridan, Sioux2 hr
Aug 15, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Hooker and 2 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.