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Mesoscale Discussion 1540
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2011, 1:13 PM MDT for 6 counties in Montana; 26 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2011, 1:13 PM MDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2011, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties
Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Renville County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:38 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carbon, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Madison, Park, Stillwater and 3 more | 97 min |
| Jul 8, 5:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Custer, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 1:32 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:38 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:02 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Eddy, Griggs, Ransom, Richland and 2 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in North 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.