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Mesoscale Discussion 1116

June 1, 200524 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2005, 8:03 PM MDT for 24 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2005, 8:03 PM MDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2005, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Adams County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stark County, ND, Towner County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Butte County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Meade County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2005-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 566 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 2005-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 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
566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.4

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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 1, 8:50 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier, Eddy and 23 more5 hr
Jun 1, 10:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenson, Burleigh, Cavalier, Eddy, Emmons, Foster and 17 more66 min
Jun 2, 12:40 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier, Eddy and 23 more95 min
Jun 2, 1:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Codington, Davison, Deuel and 15 more2 hr
Jun 2, 5:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix and 19 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.