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Mesoscale Discussion 1410

June 18, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 18, 2003, 7:17 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2003, 7:17 PM MDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2003, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Ada County, ID, Adams County, ID, Benewah County, ID, Boise County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Canyon County, ID, Clearwater County, ID, Elmore County, ID, Gem County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Payette County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Valley County, ID, Washington County, ID, Flathead County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Teton County, MT, Baker County, OR, Grant County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR, Wallowa County, OR, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 425 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, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2003-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 717 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, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2003-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
717 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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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 19, 12:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Butte, Camas, Clearwater, Custer, Idaho and 3 more118 min
Jun 19, 4:04 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAda, Adams, Blaine, Boise, Camas, Canyon and 11 more116 min
Jun 19, 1:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaverhead, Broadwater, Deer Lodge, Gallatin, Granite, Jefferson and 9 more6 hr
Jun 19, 3:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaverhead, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Deer Lodge, Fergus and 21 more94 min
Jun 19, 5:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark and 6 more59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Idaho, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Washington, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.