Alert archive / North Dakota / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 1713
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota; 22 counties in North Dakota; Grant County, Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties
Becker County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Clay County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Pope County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Grant County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD
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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 222 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 9:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Olmsted, Rice, Steele and 3 more | 92 min |
| Jul 7, 1:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Pipestone, Rock | 114 min |
| Jul 7, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 91 min |
| Jul 7, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk, Wilkin | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Winona | 95 min |
| Jul 6, 8:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Burke, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger and 6 more | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 7:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence, Meade and 2 more | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 11:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Union | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.