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Mesoscale Discussion 1265

June 17, 201110 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 17, 2011, 4:51 PM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2011, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 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 17, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBig Stone, Traverse, Wilkin5 hr
Jun 17, 6:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJackson, Nobles, Rock91 min
Jun 16, 8:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCharles Mix, Gregory, Lyman, Mellette, Todd, Tripp64 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 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.