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Mesoscale Discussion 1345

July 8, 20137 counties in Montana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2013, 12:54 PM MDT for 7 counties in Montana. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2013, 12:54 PM MDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%

Counties Daniels County, MT, McCone County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Valley County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 2013-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 467 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2013-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
467 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.5

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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 7, 6:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter and 31 more119 min
Jul 8, 9:21 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Hill, Liberty, Phillips and 1 more84 min
Jul 8, 12:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Golden Valley and 10 more85 min
Jul 8, 1:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Horn, Broadwater, Carbon, Fergus, Gallatin, Golden Valley and 10 more6 hr
Jul 8, 1:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDaniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more8 hr
Jul 8, 1:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFlathead, Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Mineral and 6 more94 min
Jul 8, 3:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure2 hr
Jul 8, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure8 hr
Jul 8, 4:58 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Daniels and 28 more2 hr

Nearby

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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.