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Mesoscale Discussion 1034

June 11, 20134 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 11, 2013, 4:06 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2013, 4:06 PM MDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2013, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Big Horn County, MT, Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Garfield County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Garden County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Campbell County, WY, Crook County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Sheridan County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 456 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2013-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2013-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 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
Jun 11, 12:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaverhead, Big Horn, Carbon, Fergus, Gallatin, Garfield and 12 more85 min
Jun 11, 1:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Garfield and 11 more8 hr
Jun 11, 3:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDundy, Furnas, Hitchcock, Red Willow57 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.