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Mesoscale Discussion 1301

June 19, 20114 counties in Nebraska; Bon Homme County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 19, 2011, 5:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska; Bon Homme County, South Dakota. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2011, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Boyd County, NE, Holt County, NE, Knox County, NE, Rock County, NE, Bon Homme County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 324 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 18, 8:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 11 more66 min
Jun 18, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 6 more4 hr
Jun 19, 2:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy, Garden and 3 more2 hr
Jun 19, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArthur, Banner, Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy and 7 more7 hr
Jun 19, 3:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more113 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuffalo, Chase, Custer, Dawson, Dundy, Frontier and 7 more92 min
Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 36 more7 hr
Jun 19, 6:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Clay, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson and 9 more84 min
Jun 19, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCass, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha and 4 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.