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Mesoscale Discussion 1673

August 7, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 7, 2007, 1:24 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2007, 1:24 PM MDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2007, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Dawes County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Butte County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Harding County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Campbell County, WY, Converse County, WY, Crook County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Sheridan County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 12:00Z on 2007-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 280 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 12:00Z on 2007-08-07The 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
280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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 7, 1:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River7 hr
Aug 7, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Wibaux6 hr
Aug 7, 5:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, McCone, Powder River and 3 more90 min
Aug 6, 6:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Boyd, Burt, Butler, Cass and 25 more96 min
Aug 6, 9:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax, Cuming and 19 more3 hr
Aug 7, 12:46 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Harlan and 3 more89 min
Aug 7, 12:58 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 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.