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Mesoscale Discussion 1935

August 10, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 10, 2011, 3:42 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2011, 3:42 PM MDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2011, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Logan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Arthur County, NE, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Kimball County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Bennett County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-64 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
Aug 9, 8:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and 1 more64 min
Aug 9, 8:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more7 hr
Aug 10, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington6 hr
Aug 10, 5:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more66 min
Aug 10, 2:53 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dundy, Frontier, Hayes, Hitchcock, Lincoln and 2 more67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.