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Mesoscale Discussion 1168

June 28, 201722 counties in Idaho; 10 counties in Montana; 12 counties in Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 28, 2017, 12:39 PM MDT for 22 counties in Idaho; 10 counties in Montana; 12 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2017, 12:39 PM MDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2017, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 44 counties

Bannock County, ID, Bear Lake County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Camas County, ID, Caribou County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Clark County, ID, Custer County, ID, Franklin County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Madison County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID, Teton County, ID, Beaverhead County, MT, Big Horn County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Gallatin County, MT, Madison County, MT, Park County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT, Big Horn County, WY, Campbell County, WY, Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Lincoln County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Park County, WY, Sheridan County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Teton County, WY, Washakie County, WY

The radar

The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 425 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, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2017-06-28Temperature 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, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2017-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 2:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, McCone, Prairie and 2 more2 hr
Jun 28, 3:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGoshen, Laramie, Platte113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Idaho, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Montana, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.