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Mesoscale Discussion 1383

July 14, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2014, 5:42 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2014, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2014, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Bannock County, ID, Bear Lake County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Caribou County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Clark County, ID, Custer County, ID, Franklin County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Madison County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID, Teton County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID, Beaverhead County, MT, Broadwater County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Gallatin County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lake County, MT, Madison County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT, Box Elder County, UT, Cache County, UT, Rich County, UT, Lincoln County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Teton County, WY

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 270 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, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2014-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2014-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-707 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 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, 1:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte, Clark, Clearwater and 8 more93 min
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

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Idaho, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Utah, 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.