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Mesoscale Discussion 1783

July 29, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 29, 2011, 12:59 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2011, 12:59 PM MDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2011, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties

Carter County, MT, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Bennett County, SD, Butte County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Harding County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Ziebach County, SD, Crook County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2011-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1117 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2011-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
1117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 29, 1:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River7 hr
Jul 29, 4:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, McCone and 5 more59 min
Jul 29, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDaniels, Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt and 2 more6 hr

Nearby

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