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Mesoscale Discussion 1157

June 13, 201216 counties in North Dakota; 9 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2012, 8:34 PM MDT for 16 counties in North Dakota; 9 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2012, 8:34 PM MDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2012, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Adams County, ND, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2012-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 220 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 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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
Jun 13, 9:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 13 more5 hr
Jun 14, 2:01 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickey, Richland, Sargent89 min
Jun 14, 12:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLincoln2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.