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Mesoscale Discussion 761

May 30, 20145 counties in Colorado; 7 counties in Nebraska; 5 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 30, 2014, 2:12 PM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado; 7 counties in Nebraska; 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2014, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2014, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%

Counties Logan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Arthur County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Bennett County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2014-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2014-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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
May 29, 7:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButte, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington, Perkins58 min
May 30, 1:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Campbell, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, Hughes and 6 more94 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.