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Mesoscale Discussion 1076

June 2, 20118 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2011, 10:07 PM CDT for 8 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2011, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2011, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman 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, Jackson County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Potter County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2011-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2239 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 2011-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.1

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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 2, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBurleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh and 4 more8 hr
Jun 3, 1:11 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 11 more94 min
Jun 3, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarnes, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 12 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.