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Mesoscale Discussion 1005

June 21, 201618 counties in Montana; 13 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2016, 1:46 PM MDT for 18 counties in Montana; 13 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2016, 1:46 PM MDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2016, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 31 counties

Blaine County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Garfield County, MT, Hill County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Liberty County, MT, McCone County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Valley County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Billings County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Renville County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2016-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2016-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDaniels, Dawson, McCone, Phillips, Prairie, Richland and 4 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.