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Mesoscale Discussion 1213

June 6, 20056 counties in North Dakota; 19 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2005, 8:37 PM CDT for 6 counties in North Dakota; 19 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2005, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Burleigh County, ND, Emmons County, ND, McLean County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Aurora County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Potter County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2051 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
2051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 070137
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 070137 
SDZ000-NDZ000-070300-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1213
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0837 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL ND...CENTRAL SD

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 

VALID 070137Z - 070300Z

...WW WILL BE REQUIRED SHORTLY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
DAKOTAS...

LLJ IS IN THE PROCESS OF STRENGTHENING FROM NRN NEB INTO THE CENTRAL
DAKOTAS AS BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES WITH LOSS OF HEATING.  SCATTERED
SUPERCELLS HAVE PROGRESSED ACROSS WRN SD/SWRN MT INTO SWRN ND WHERE
AN AXIS OF ENHANCED INSTABILITY/SHEAR CURRENTLY EXIST. AS UPPER
RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS DOWNSTREAM THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPREAD
ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS. CURRENT THINKING IS TSTMS WILL GRADUALLY
ELEVATE AS DECOUPLING OCCURS...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE INHIBITION
OBSERVED AT BIS.  HOWEVER...CONTINUED BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTENING
WITHIN BROAD WARM ADVECTION REGIME COMPLICATES THE SEVERE
EVOLUTION...POSSIBLY MAINTAINING TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THIS REGION
FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.  WITH TIME...ONE OR MORE MCS/S MAY EVOLVE
ACROSS THIS REGION.

..DARROW.. 06/07/2005

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...FSD...ABR...BIS...UNR...

43550111 47830171 47420006 43599831

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEmmons, Logan, McIntosh, Morton, Sioux6 hr
Jun 6, 10:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Benson, Burleigh, Eddy, Emmons, Foster and 15 more93 min
Jun 7, 1:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 18 more89 min
Jun 7, 4:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bowman, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 8 more65 min
Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Benson, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn and 20 more7 hr
Jun 7, 2:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Butte, Custer, Dewey, Fall River, Haakon and 12 more37 min
Jun 7, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Hughes, Jackson and 7 more8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in North 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.