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Mesoscale Discussion 1114

June 22, 20157 counties in Minnesota; Dickey County, Sargent County, North Dakota; 41 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 22, 2015, 3:16 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota; Dickey County, Sargent County, North Dakota; 41 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2015, 3:16 AM CDT (08:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2015, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Grant County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Dickey County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brown County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Davison County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Jones County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McCook County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Turner County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2015-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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
Jun 21, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail and 3 more6 hr
Jun 21, 11:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail and 5 more95 min
Jun 22, 1:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 32 more58 min
Jun 22, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 36 more6 hr
Jun 22, 4:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 44 more2 hr
Jun 22, 6:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more4 hr
Jun 22, 7:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 16 more93 min
Jun 22, 2:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago and 10 more55 min
Jun 21, 8:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Barnes, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey and 25 more88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.