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Mesoscale Discussion 1144

July 5, 20167 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota; 19 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2016, 2:57 PM CDT for 7 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota; 19 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2016, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 31 counties

Cherokee County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Jackson County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 308 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-449 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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
Jul 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more7 hr
Jul 5, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Emmet, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock and 10 more7 hr
Jul 4, 8:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson and 12 more91 min
Jul 4, 11:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Stevens and 2 more93 min
Jul 5, 1:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Big Stone, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas and 15 more56 min
Jul 5, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas and 24 more6 hr
Jul 5, 5:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more97 min
Jul 5, 5:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCItasca, Lake, Saint Louis118 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.