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Mesoscale Discussion 1622

July 15, 20116 counties in Montana; 18 counties in North Dakota; Harding County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 15, 2011, 1:54 AM MDT for 6 counties in Montana; 18 counties in North Dakota; Harding County, South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2011, 1:54 AM MDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2011, 4:00 AM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Carter County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Richland County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Renville County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND, Harding County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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 nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2132 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
2132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

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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 14, 6:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone and 11 more57 min
Jul 14, 10:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River6 hr
Jul 15, 2:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Broadwater, Carbon, Custer, Gallatin, Golden Valley and 13 more2 hr
Jul 15, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Horn, Carbon, Custer, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Powder River and 4 more6 hr
Jul 14, 8:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh and 1 more59 min
Jul 14, 10:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure and 6 more65 min
Jul 15, 1:56 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 6 more7 hr
Jul 15, 5:30 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland2 hr
Jul 15, 5:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland and 2 more65 min

Nearby

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