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Mesoscale Discussion 641
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 19, 2020, 5:10 PM MDT for 11 counties in Montana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2020, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2020, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe thunderstorm watch 194
Counties Broadwater County, MT, Cascade County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Gallatin County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Meagher County, MT, Powell County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT, Wheatland County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Deer Lodge and 15 more | 114 min |
| May 19, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Deer Lodge and 21 more | 7 hr |
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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.