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Mesoscale Discussion 1638

August 3, 200714 counties in Nebraska; 20 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 3, 2007, 8:02 PM CDT for 14 counties in Nebraska; 20 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2007, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Antelope County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Knox County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2007-08-04Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2007-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 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
1787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 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
Aug 4, 1:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Knox and 2 more86 min
Aug 4, 2:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota and 13 more114 min
Aug 4, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 18 more6 hr
Aug 4, 5:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Custer, Dawson, Dundy, Frontier, Garfield and 12 more114 min
Aug 4, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Buffalo, Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Garfield and 12 more4 hr
Aug 4, 6:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Cass, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 13 more66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.