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Mesoscale Discussion 1582

July 11, 2011Cherry County, Dawes County, Sheridan County, Nebraska; Fall River County, South Dakota; Niobrara County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 11, 2011, 4:01 PM MDT for Cherry County, Dawes County, Sheridan County, Nebraska; Fall River County, South Dakota; Niobrara County, Wyoming. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2011, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2011, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Cherry County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Fall River County, SD, Niobrara County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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
Jul 10, 6:21 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Blaine, Brown, Buffalo, Chase, Custer and 29 more84 min
Jul 10, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Chase and 38 more6 hr
Jul 10, 9:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cedar and 27 more63 min
Jul 10, 9:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cedar, Colfax and 14 more4 hr
Jul 10, 10:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDakota, Dixon4 hr
Jul 11, 1:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel and 8 more85 min
Jul 11, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden and 5 more7 hr
Jul 11, 4:06 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBox Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Sheridan, Sioux5 hr

Nearby

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