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Mesoscale Discussion 1013

June 16, 201418 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 16, 2014, 12:48 PM CDT for 18 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2014, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2014, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-06-16Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 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.

942 
ACUS11 KWNS 161748
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 161748 
IAZ000-MNZ000-SDZ000-NEZ000-161915-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1013
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1248 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...SERN SD

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 301...

VALID 161748Z - 161915Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 301
CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...SEVERE RISK CONTINUES WITHIN VALID PORTIONS OF WW 301 --
ACROSS SERN SD.

DISCUSSION...LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS STORMS CONTINUING TO
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND ORGANIZATION ACROSS SERN SD...WHILE
ADDITIONAL CELLS WHICH WERE ONGOING ACROSS ERN NEB HAVE MOVED INTO
WRN IA -- WHERE NEWLY ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 302 IS NOW IN EFFECT.

THE SD STORMS -- AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE RISK -- WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD
INTO SWRN MN /TORNADO WATCH 302/ OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS.  UNTIL
THEN...POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE...ALONG WITH THE
POSSIBILITY FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING GUSTS -- PARTICULARLY WITH THE
BOWING SEGMENT NOW CROSSING THE MINER/KINGSBURY CO VICINITY ATTM.

..GOSS.. 06/16/2014

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...FSD...OAX...ABR...

LAT...LON   43369855 43799855 44679806 44559650 43549639 42729662
            42829720 42819807 43369855

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more9 hr
Jun 16, 7:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeadle, Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day and 18 more57 min
Jun 16, 10:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 18 more116 min
Jun 16, 2:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGregory62 min
Jun 16, 4:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 8 more117 min
Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCUnion6 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.