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Mesoscale Discussion 1659

September 7, 201611 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in North Dakota; 12 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 7, 2016, 5:44 PM CDT for 11 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in North Dakota; 12 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2016, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Becker County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Clay County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Brown County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2016-09-07Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 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 6, 8:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston89 min
Sep 7, 2:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail and 3 more2 hr
Sep 7, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 5 more6 hr

Nearby

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