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Mesoscale Discussion 1089

June 29, 2016Carter County, Fallon County, Montana; 16 counties in North Dakota; Corson County, Harding County, Perkins County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 29, 2016, 12:13 PM MDT for Carter County, Fallon County, Montana; 16 counties in North Dakota; Corson County, Harding County, Perkins County, South Dakota. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2016, 12:13 PM MDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2016, 1:45 PM MDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 21 counties

Carter County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Corson County, SD, Harding County, SD, Perkins County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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 watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2016-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2016-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 29, 12:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Carter, Golden Valley, Powder River, Treasure, Yellowstone88 min
Jun 29, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBennett, Butte, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence and 8 more5 hr
Jun 29, 4:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButte, Dewey, Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Meade and 6 more2 hr
Jun 29, 4:36 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook and 4 more114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 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.