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Mesoscale Discussion 2297

September 28, 200820 counties in Nebraska; 18 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 28, 2008, 7:04 PM CDT for 20 counties in Nebraska; 18 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2008, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Holt County, NE, Howard County, NE, Knox County, NE, Loup County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nance County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1309 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-243 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 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 28, 9:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Cedar, Cuming, Dixon, Greeley and 6 more53 min
Sep 29, 12:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGage, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.