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Mesoscale Discussion 983

June 11, 201721 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 11, 2017, 2:02 AM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2017, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2017, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 38 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Swift County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 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 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 00:00Z on 2017-06-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2017-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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
Jun 11, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 10 more5 hr
Jun 11, 4:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLincoln, Lyon, Pipestone60 min
Jun 11, 5:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 16 more84 min
Jun 11, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 26 more6 hr
Jun 11, 9:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue and 10 more60 min
Jun 11, 6:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChisago, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted, Ramsey and 3 more2 hr
Jun 10, 9:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Custer and 22 more2 hr
Jun 10, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuffalo, Butte, Custer, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 17 more7 hr
Jun 10, 11:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrule, Buffalo, Butte, Custer, Dewey, Edmunds and 17 more2 hr

Nearby

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