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Mesoscale Discussion 934

June 28, 201810 counties in Minnesota; 49 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 28, 2018, 10:21 PM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota; 49 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2018, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2018, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 59 counties

Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Adams County, ND, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Grant County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Renville County, ND, Richland County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2018-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2612 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 2018-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
2612 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
11.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 11 more9 hr
Jun 29, 2:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 26 more118 min
Jun 29, 4:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass and 28 more2 hr
Jun 29, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Douglas and 9 more5 hr
Jun 29, 6:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 7 more2 hr
Jun 28, 9:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh and 33 more84 min
Jun 29, 5:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEmmons, Sioux63 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.