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Mesoscale Discussion 790

May 30, 20168 counties in Nebraska; 11 counties in North Dakota; 28 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 30, 2016, 2:16 PM CDT for 8 counties in Nebraska; 11 counties in North Dakota; 28 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2016, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 47 counties

Barnes County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bennett County, SD, Brown County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Potter County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2016-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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 2016-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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 30, 2:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier, Hayes and 5 more64 min
May 30, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Chase and 32 more7 hr
May 30, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 13 more91 min
May 30, 1:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenson, Eddy, Foster, Sheridan, Wells61 min
May 30, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons and 19 more7 hr
May 30, 6:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Griggs, Kidder and 9 more113 min

Nearby

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