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Mesoscale Discussion 1426

June 22, 200521 counties in Montana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 22, 2005, 2:50 PM MDT for 21 counties in Montana. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2005, 2:50 PM MDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2005, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Blaine County, MT, Broadwater County, MT, Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Gallatin County, MT, Garfield County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Hill County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Meagher County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Park County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Wheatland County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 21, 6:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCuster, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 2 more88 min
Jun 21, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCuster, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, McCone and 11 more7 hr
Jun 21, 9:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCascade, Chouteau, Hill, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Pondera and 3 more58 min
Jun 21, 10:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCuster, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, McCone and 9 more64 min
Jun 22, 1:15 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield and 14 more60 min
Jun 22, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Daniels, Fergus and 20 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.