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Mesoscale Discussion 1636

September 4, 2016Wilkin County, Minnesota; 6 counties in North Dakota; 31 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 4, 2016, 6:56 PM CDT for Wilkin County, Minnesota; 6 counties in North Dakota; 31 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 2016, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Wilkin County, MN, Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brown County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Davison County, SD, Day County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Jones County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Miner County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2016-09-04Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
-585 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 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
Sep 4, 5:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenson, Burleigh, Cavalier, Ramsey, Sheridan, Wells118 min
Sep 4, 10:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure, Nelson, Pembina and 2 more115 min
Sep 4, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland and 1 more7 hr
Sep 4, 2:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Mellette and 4 more119 min
Sep 4, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette and 4 more7 hr
Sep 4, 4:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Edmunds and 13 more89 min
Sep 4, 6:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Oglala Lakota113 min

Nearby

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