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Mesoscale Discussion 1208

June 13, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2011, 1:53 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2011, 1:53 PM MDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2011, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Weld County, CO, Arthur County, NE, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Kimball County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Lyman County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2011-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2011-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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
Jun 13, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 4 more7 hr
Jun 12, 6:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Buffalo, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 16 more53 min
Jun 12, 6:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Haakon, Hughes and 12 more6 hr
Jun 12, 8:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Haakon, Hughes and 11 more65 min
Jun 13, 12:44 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd, Tripp61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.