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Mesoscale Discussion 1985

September 20, 200713 counties in North Dakota; 21 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 20, 2007, 1:51 AM CDT for 13 counties in North Dakota; 21 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2007, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2007, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brown County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Lyman County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2007-09-20Temperature 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 2007-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
357 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
Sep 19, 8:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Sargent89 min
Sep 20, 5:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland, Sargent66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 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.