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Mesoscale Discussion 1341

July 7, 201334 counties in Iowa; 58 counties in Nebraska; 10 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2013, 9:14 PM CDT for 34 counties in Iowa; 58 counties in Nebraska; 10 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2013, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2013, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 102 counties

Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Webster County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Wright County, IA, Adams County, NE, Antelope County, NE, Arthur County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Grant County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Valley County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Webster County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, York County, NE, Butte County, SD, Clay County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Harding County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Union County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 00:00Z on 2013-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1221 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 00:00Z on 2013-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 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
1221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 8, 3:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 13 more54 min
Jul 8, 2:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Box Butte, Boyd and 25 more54 min
Jul 8, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Garden and 12 more7 hr
Jul 8, 4:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and 1 more2 hr
Jul 8, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding, Jackson and 5 more8 hr
Jul 8, 5:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarding2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.