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Mesoscale Discussion 1513

June 27, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 27, 2005, 6:53 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2005, 6:53 PM MDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Sedgwick County, CO, Arthur County, NE, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Bennett County, SD, Butte County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Crook County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
1006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 280053
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 280053 
NEZ000-SDZ000-COZ000-WYZ000-280300-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1513
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0753 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

AREAS AFFECTED...SWRN/SCENTRAL SD...ERN WY AND WRN NEB....NERN CO

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 537...

VALID 280053Z - 280300Z

ISOLATED SUPERCELL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF WW 537 AND ACROSS
LOGAN COUNTY IN NERN CO THROUGH 02Z WITH THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES REMAINING POSSIBLE. A NEW WW SOUTH OF WW 537 IS NOT
EXPECTED SINCE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN LOCALIZED TO ONE OR TWO COUNTIES
SOUTH OF WW 537 BEFORE STORM DISSIPATES.

FARTHER NORTH...CLUSTER OF SVR STORMS OVER SWRN SD WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST TOWARDS SCENTRAL SD AND A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH
MLCAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG. GIVEN LIMITED INFLOW EXPECTED INTO
SCENTRAL SD THIS EVENING WITH LOW LEVEL JET AXIS PROGGED TO REMAIN
FURTHER SOUTH INTO SERN NEB...AND LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND
INCREASING CINH...A NEW WW EAST OF WW 537 DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY
ATTM. HOWEVER TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED OVER THE NEXT 1-2
HOURS. SVR THREAT AND ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF
CONVECTION STILL APPEAR POSSIBLE OVER FAR ECENTRAL/NERN WY AND FAR
SWRN SD ALONG OUTFLOW AND DRYLINE BOUNDARIES AND AHEAD OF WRN WY
SHORTWAVE TROUGH.

..CROSBIE.. 06/28/2005

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...LBF...UNR...BOU...CYS...

45010199 42210053 41069997 40770316 41150366 44930591

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 11:48 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMoffat27 min
Jun 28, 3:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaffee, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Grand and 16 more85 min
Jun 28, 4:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 2 more92 min
Jun 27, 7:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown and 58 more119 min
Jun 27, 7:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass and 36 more7 hr
Jun 27, 8:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Garfield and 8 more66 min
Jun 27, 8:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Garfield, Holt, Keya Paha and 4 more6 hr
Jun 27, 10:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 56 more83 min
Jun 27, 11:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAntelope, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Knox, Pierce and 2 more5 hr
Jun 28, 1:57 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 17 more93 min
Jun 28, 1:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBox Butte, Dawes, Morrill118 min
Jun 28, 2:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBox Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Sheridan7 hr
Jun 28, 5:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBox Butte, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Dawes, Keya Paha and 2 more94 min
Jun 28, 12:36 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Sheridan114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 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.