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Mesoscale Discussion 1813

September 21, 202219 counties in Idaho; Cache County, Rich County, Utah

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 21, 2022, 12:20 PM MDT for 19 counties in Idaho; Cache County, Rich County, Utah. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2022, 12:20 PM MDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2022, 1:45 PM MDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
60%
All 21 counties

Ada County, ID, Bannock County, ID, Bear Lake County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Butte County, ID, Camas County, ID, Caribou County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Elmore County, ID, Franklin County, ID, Gooding County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Owyhee County, ID, Power County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID, Cache County, UT, Rich County, UT

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 247 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2022-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2022-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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
Sep 21, 12:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Boise, Bonneville and 19 more8 hr
Sep 21, 2:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte and 17 more88 min
Sep 21, 11:26 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Box Elder, Davis, Iron, Juab, Millard and 3 more2 hr
Sep 21, 12:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Iron, Juab and 13 more8 hr
Sep 21, 1:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Garfield, Iron and 13 more94 min

Nearby

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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.