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Mesoscale Discussion 1667

September 22, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 22, 2017, 3:57 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2017, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2017, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 47 counties

Lyon County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Holt County, NE, Howard County, NE, Knox County, NE, Loup County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nance County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 2017-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2346 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 2017-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 11:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Benton, Big Stone, Chisago, Crow Wing, Douglas and 12 more116 min
Sep 22, 4:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Otter Tail and 3 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.