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Mesoscale Discussion 1171

June 16, 200713 counties in Montana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 16, 2007, 10:23 PM MDT for 13 counties in Montana. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2007, 10:23 PM MDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2007, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Valley County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 2007-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 205 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 2007-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
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 16, 6:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Broadwater, Carbon, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 16 more88 min
Jun 16, 6:59 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield and 9 more91 min
Jun 16, 8:06 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRichland, Wibaux54 min
Jun 17, 12:32 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFergus, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum28 min
Jun 17, 12:53 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCuster, Dawson, Fergus, Garfield, Golden Valley, Judith Basin and 9 more4 hr
Jun 17, 4:02 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCuster, Dawson, Fallon, Powder River, Prairie, Richland and 2 more58 min
Jun 17, 4:40 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Horn, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Prairie, Richland and 3 more3 hr

Nearby

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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.