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Mesoscale Discussion 862

June 2, 201513 counties in Nebraska; Fall River County, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota; 5 counties in Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2015, 12:37 PM MDT for 13 counties in Nebraska; Fall River County, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota; 5 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2015, 12:37 PM MDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2015, 1:30 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%

Counties Arthur County, NE, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Fall River County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Converse County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-540 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 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
Jun 2, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Garden and 6 more7 hr
Jun 2, 5:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Box Butte, Brown, Cherry, Dawes, Garden and 8 more2 hr
Jun 2, 1:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCampbell, McPherson92 min
Jun 2, 1:46 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCCampbell, Corson, McPherson7 hr
Jun 2, 5:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCampbell, McPherson113 min
Jun 1, 6:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPark, Teton60 min
Jun 2, 12:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCampbell, Crook, Sheridan97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in South 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.