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Mesoscale Discussion 947

May 21, 20057 counties in Minnesota; 21 counties in North Dakota; 17 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 21, 2005, 1:08 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota; 21 counties in North Dakota; 17 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2005, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2005, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Adams County, ND, Barnes County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Harding County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Walworth County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2005-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 665 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 2005-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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
May 20, 11:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Mahnomen, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more83 min
May 21, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more7 hr
May 21, 4:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more83 min
May 21, 7:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more62 min
May 21, 1:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more66 min
May 21, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 13 more6 hr
May 20, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMcKenzie, Williams5 hr
May 20, 10:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcKenzie, Williams2 hr
May 21, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBottineau, Cavalier, McHenry, Pierce, Ramsey, Renville and 2 more115 min
May 21, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Union5 hr

Nearby

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