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Mesoscale Discussion 736

June 14, 201810 counties in North Dakota; 15 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2018, 5:15 PM MDT for 10 counties in North Dakota; 15 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2018, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2018, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Adams County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Morton County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Butte County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Harding County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Potter County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2018-06-14Temperature 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2018-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenson, Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, McKenzie and 9 more96 min
Jun 14, 1:58 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Grant, Hettinger62 min
Jun 14, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bowman, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 7 more8 hr
Jun 14, 2:40 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McHenry, McKenzie and 10 more7 hr
Jun 14, 4:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCavalier, Pembina, Towner93 min
Jun 14, 5:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBillings, Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McHenry and 11 more94 min
Jun 13, 10:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Hanson, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Miner and 4 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.