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Mesoscale Discussion 1372

July 14, 201414 counties in Idaho; 10 counties in Montana; Teton County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2014, 1:27 PM MDT for 14 counties in Idaho; 10 counties in Montana; Teton County, Wyoming. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2014, 1:27 PM MDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2014, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 25 counties

Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Clark County, ID, Clearwater County, ID, Custer County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Madison County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Teton County, ID, Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Madison County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT, Teton County, WY

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 293 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, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2014-07-14Temperature 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, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2014-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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
Jul 14, 2:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Oneida and 2 more115 min
Jul 14, 2:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBingham, Bonneville, Butte, Clark, Custer, Fremont and 4 more7 hr
Jul 14, 5:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte and 16 more63 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Idaho, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.