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Mesoscale Discussion 1552

August 12, 20145 counties in Idaho; 8 counties in Oregon; 17 counties in Washington

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 12, 2014, 5:11 PM PDT for 5 counties in Idaho; 8 counties in Oregon; 17 counties in Washington. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2014, 5:11 PM PDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2014, 6:15 PM PDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Gilliam County, OR, Hood River County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR, Wallowa County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Benton County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Kittitas County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Skamania County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA, Whitman County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2014-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2014-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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
Aug 13, 11:44 AM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGooding, Owyhee, Twin Falls2 hr
Aug 13, 12:21 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAda, Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Elmore, Gooding and 5 more7 hr
Aug 13, 2:48 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Benewah, Clark, Clearwater, Custer, Idaho and 8 more117 min
Aug 13, 3:26 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBannock, Bingham, Blaine, Butte, Camas, Cassia and 8 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Washington, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Oregon, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Idaho, 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.