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Mesoscale Discussion 1534

July 21, 201220 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 21, 2012, 8:27 PM MDT for 20 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2012, 8:27 PM MDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2012, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Renville County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Harding County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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 nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2012-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2012-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 22, 12:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland and 2 more95 min
Jul 22, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent6 hr
Jul 22, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh4 hr
Jul 22, 5:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRichland, Traill95 min
Jul 21, 9:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix and 24 more54 min
Jul 22, 3:38 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day, Dewey and 9 more97 min

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.