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Mesoscale Discussion 1603

July 13, 2011Custer County, Lemhi County, Idaho; 24 counties in Montana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 13, 2011, 12:36 PM MDT for Custer County, Lemhi County, Idaho; 24 counties in Montana. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2011, 12:36 PM MDT (18:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2011, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Custer County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Beaverhead County, MT, Broadwater County, MT, Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Gallatin County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Granite County, MT, Hill County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Madison County, MT, Meagher County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2011-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2011-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-325 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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 13, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLemhi7 hr
Jul 13, 5:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLemhi62 min
Jul 12, 7:17 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Granite, Hill and 8 more58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Idaho, 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.