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Mesoscale Discussion 1476

July 2, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2011, 6:48 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2011, 6:48 PM MDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2011, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Garden County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Butte County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Harding County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Crook County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1797 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
1797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.8

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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
Jul 3, 12:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Fergus and 19 more2 hr
Jul 3, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Horn, Blaine, Carbon, Carter, Chouteau, Custer and 23 more8 hr
Jul 2, 7:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock2 hr
Jul 2, 9:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Furnas, Gage and 9 more29 min
Jul 2, 9:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Furnas, Gage and 11 more6 hr
Jul 3, 12:49 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Nuckolls, Saline and 2 more86 min

Nearby

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