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Mesoscale Discussion 1387

June 25, 201111 counties in Nebraska; Adams County, North Dakota; 18 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2011, 5:21 PM MDT for 11 counties in Nebraska; Adams County, North Dakota; 18 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2011, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2011, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Adams County, ND, Arthur County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Bennett County, SD, Butte County, SD, Corson County, SD, Custer County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Todd County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 346 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2011-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1375 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2011-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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 25, 12:46 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Gage, Hall and 15 more89 min
Jun 25, 1:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and 1 more96 min
Jun 25, 2:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burleigh, Dunn and 15 more66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in North 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.