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Mesoscale Discussion 1752

July 26, 20117 counties in North Dakota; 33 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 26, 2011, 3:59 PM CDT for 7 counties in North Dakota; 33 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2011, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brown County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Jones County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Potter County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2011-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 154 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2011-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-337 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 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 26, 10:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Burleigh, Divide, Emmons, Kidder, Logan and 10 more60 min
Jul 26, 2:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBillings, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams53 min
Jul 26, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDivide, Williams5 hr
Jul 26, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Sioux5 hr
Jul 25, 9:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeadle, Brookings, Buffalo, Hamlin, Hand, Hughes and 9 more57 min
Jul 26, 5:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMellette, Todd84 min
Jul 26, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory and 4 more7 hr

Nearby

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