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Mesoscale Discussion 1121

June 12, 200720 counties in North Dakota; 19 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2007, 4:23 PM CDT for 20 counties in North Dakota; 19 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2007, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Benson County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Wells County, ND, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Potter County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Walworth County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 746 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 11, 9:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBottineau, Burleigh, Dunn, McHenry, McLean, Mercer and 7 more92 min
Jun 11, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 11 more5 hr
Jun 12, 3:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 11 more57 min
Jun 12, 12:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Benson, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Grant and 15 more2 hr
Jun 12, 2:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 22 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.