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Mesoscale Discussion 944

June 29, 20189 counties in Nebraska; Goshen County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 29, 2018, 4:31 PM MDT for 9 counties in Nebraska; Goshen County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2018, 4:31 PM MDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2018, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%

Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Garden County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2018-06-29Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2018-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -107 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
4754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-98 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 29, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes and 9 more8 hr
Jun 29, 11:23 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Sheridan, Washakie97 min
Jun 29, 12:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Campbell, Converse, Crook, Johnson, Natrona and 4 more60 min
Jun 29, 1:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCampbell, Converse, Crook, Niobrara, Sheridan, Weston9 hr
Jun 29, 2:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCampbell, Converse, Crook, Johnson, Niobrara, Sheridan and 1 more91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 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.