{"id":27168,"date":"2020-06-30T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=27168"},"modified":"2020-10-02T23:32:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T07:32:52","slug":"june-30-2020-eastern-north-dakota-marginal-severe-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2020\/06\/30\/june-30-2020-eastern-north-dakota-marginal-severe-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"June 30, 2020 Eastern North Dakota Marginal Severe Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: \u00a0Garrison, ND<\/p>\n

Brunch: \u00a0Garrison\/Four Seasons Restaurant<\/p>\n

End: \u00a0Valley City, ND<\/p>\n

about 400 miles<\/p>\n

SPC Day One\/20Z<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1057<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1060<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1061<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1062<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1063<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 1064<\/a><\/p>\n

Storm Reports<\/a><\/p>\n

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00Z surface map<\/p>\n

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Today we were presented with a large slight risk area from the ND\/MB border southward to I-80 in eastern Nebraska. \u00a0Tornado prospects were not that good, though: \u00a0only 2 percent. \u00a0A front was forecast to push eastward into the central Dakotas to kick off some afternoon storms, with very moist air and high instability over the eastern Dakotas. \u00a0But, wind shear was not very good where the good instability was. \u00a0Would the middle ground work out, near Bismarck?<\/p>\n

After brunch at Garrison, a late morning supercell was already in progress to our southeast. \u00a0It was elevated, though, so we let it go (see the mesoscale discussion above for more details on this one!). \u00a0The low levels of the atmosphere were a mess due to all of the morning convection. \u00a0We hung out between about Bismarck and Linton during the afternoon. \u00a0Skies finally cleared a bit, and the front was nearing. \u00a0Some good-sized cumulonimbus finally went up just on the west side of the Missouri River. \u00a0These headed mostly north. \u00a0We went west to Bismarck to get close, and then north, and were eventually right up against a wet, linear blob that showed little organization. \u00a0Yuck.<\/p>\n

I had to try to salvage the day, so we made it back down to the Interstate and barreled eastward. \u00a0 We passed one cell that looked kind of okay for a bit, but then continued to the east as some decent storm tops were indicated around Aberdeen and headed north. \u00a0These sputtered, but then additional storms went up near Jamestown. \u00a0We came right up to one here (second photo below).<\/p>\n

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