Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 405

June 6, 20044 counties in Minnesota; 26 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 6, 2004, 8:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; 26 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2004, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2004, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Polk County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McLean County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Wells County, ND

Warnings issued inside it

20 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMcHenry34 min
Jun 6, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningBISSheridan, Wells44 min
Jun 6, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau64 min
Jun 6, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBottineau, Renville25 min
Jun 6, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, Pierce60 min
Jun 6, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBottineau46 min
Jun 6, 10:04 PM CDTTornado WarningBISWells41 min
Jun 6, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson52 min
Jun 6, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy47 min
Jun 6, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, Pierce57 min
Jun 6, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMcHenry, Ward25 min
Jun 6, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, Pierce14 min
Jun 6, 11:17 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMcHenry43 min
Jun 6, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRolette24 min
Jun 6, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner38 min
Jun 6, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNelson45 min
Jun 6, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce42 min
Jun 7, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNelson, Ramsey45 min
Jun 7, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk50 min
Jun 7, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRolette49 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1945 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2004-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
1945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
9.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 1:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk87 min
Jun 7, 4:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Lake and 5 more113 min
Jun 7, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Isanti and 9 more7 hr
Jun 6, 7:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRenville, Ward93 min
Jun 6, 8:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCWard65 min
Jun 6, 10:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenson, Eddy63 min
Jun 6, 11:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenson, Eddy, Grand Forks, McHenry, Nelson, Pierce and 3 more84 min

Nearby

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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.