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Mesoscale Discussion 990

May 24, 200526 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2005, 3:07 PM CDT for 26 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2005, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Antelope County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boone County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Bon Homme County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 249 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-381 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 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
May 24, 1:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dundy, Perkins117 min
May 24, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 33 more7 hr
May 24, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 33 more2 hr

Nearby

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