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Mesoscale Discussion 1813

August 20, 200718 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 20, 2007, 1:03 AM MDT for 18 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2007, 1:03 AM MDT (07:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2007, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bennett County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Potter County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Walworth County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2007-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1255 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 2007-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 200703
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 200703 
SDZ000-NDZ000-NEZ000-200800-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1813
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0203 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL SD

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 620...

VALID 200703Z - 200800Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 620
CONTINUES.

HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THE STRONGER TSTMS
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT TIME PERIOD.  NEW WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR
DOWNSTREAM OF WW 620.

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED A SHORT WAVE TROUGH ADVANCING ENEWD
ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES TOWARD THE NRN HIGH PLAINS OF ERN MT/WY. 
DIFFLUENT UPPER LEVEL FLOW REGIME DOWNSTREAM OF THIS IMPULSE ACROSS
SD...AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL WAA ALONG NOSE OF WRN NEB 30 KT LLJ
WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER ASCENT FOR ADDITIONAL
TSTM DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EARLY MORNING ACROSS SD.  EFFECTIVE BULK
SHEAR VALUES OF 45-55 KT AND ERN EXTENT OF STEEP LAPSE RATES /AROUND
7.5 C/KM/ ACROSS THIS REGION SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED TSTMS
WITH HAIL.  HOWEVER...STRONGER ASCENT AHEAD OF NRN ROCKIES TROUGH IS
EXPECTED TO TRACK TO THE N OF SD ACROSS ERN MT/ND WHICH SHOULD LIMIT
THE COVERAGE OF STRONGER MORE INTENSE TSTM ACTIVITY ACROSS SD.

..PETERS.. 08/20/2007

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

ATTN...WFO...FSD...ABR...BIS...LBF...UNR...

43750143 44440170 45970193 45929950 44369902 43029939
42970187

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Butte, Harding, Jackson, Meade, Oglala Lakota and 1 more59 min
Aug 19, 8:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 11 more5 hr
Aug 19, 9:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Butte, Harding, Jackson, Meade, Oglala Lakota and 1 more61 min
Aug 20, 2:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Lincoln, Union, Yankton117 min

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.