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Mesoscale Discussion 681

May 22, 201614 counties in Nebraska; 10 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 22, 2016, 5:35 PM MDT for 14 counties in Nebraska; 10 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2016, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Arthur County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Bennett County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 902 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 299 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
902 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
499 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
May 22, 1:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Dundy and 13 more96 min
May 22, 2:20 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCArthur, Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Deuel and 10 more7 hr
May 22, 4:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHitchcock2 hr
May 22, 5:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChase, Dawson, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper and 4 more6 hr
May 22, 2:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson and 4 more93 min
May 22, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds and 7 more8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in South 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.