MCS1_CELLTIME = 2203 MCS1_CELLLOC = (80 N MOT) MCS1_GENTIME = 0048 MCS1_GENLOC = (95 NNE MOT,115 NNW DVL,140 N DVL) MCS1_DISTIME = 1831 MCS1_DISLOC = (45 SSW SPW,30 WNW FOD,25 SSE FRM) MCS1_HRLYDOC = (0204,105 NNW DVL,325,22) (0302,80 NNW DVL,325,18) (0403,40 NW DVL,310,30) (0503,15 NW DVL,305,37) (0603,30 ESE DVL,285,21) (0705,35 WSW GFK,330,41) (0805,30 SSW FAR,310,45) (0904,60 S FAR,320,31) (1001,50 NNE ATY,325,37) (1103,50 ENE ATY,335,33) (1205,40 W RWF,350,18) (1302,40 NNW OTG,350,18) (1404,15 NNW OTG,345,11) (1501,5 W OTG,345,10) (1603,15 S OTG,340,22) (1705,15 SW SPW,325,10) (1802,25 SSW SPW,335,18) MCS1_COMMENTS = ...20050708/WANDISHIN/CONIGLIO... MCS FROM 0048 UTC ON 20050708 TO XXXX UTC ON 20050708 IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS... NOTE: THE NORTHERN END OF THE EARLY STAGES OF THE SYSTEM IS OUT OF NATIONAL RADAR COVERAGE... FIRST CELL DEVELOPS IN CANADA AND QUICKLY GROWS INTO A SMALL AND APPARENTLY STRONG BOW ECHO MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THE SYSTEM LENGTH BECOMES > 100 KM AS THE SYSTEM IS BOWING OUT NORTH OF ND BY 0030-0100Z. ADDITIONAL CELLS FORM IN A LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST BY 0100Z AND MERGE WITH THE BOW ECHO BY 0200Z. THE SYSTEM BUILDS TO THE SOUTHWEST AND TRANSISTIONS TO A LINE ORIENTED SW-NE WITH PARALLEL STRATIFORM PRECIP STRETCHING TO THE NORTHEAST BY 04Z. PORTIONS OF THE LINE BOW OUT BETWEEN 04-07Z AS NEW CELLS MERGE ON THE SOUTHWESTERN END OF THE MAIN SYSTEM. THIS PROPAGATION, BUILDING, AND SURGING OF BOWS MAKES THE LINE MOVE UNSTEADY DURING THESE HOURS. THE CENTER PORTION OF THE LINE DECAYS BY 08Z AS THE SOUTHERN PORTION FORMS A LARGER BOW WITH TRAILING STRATIFORM AND ACCELERATES TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS PORTION BECOMES DISORGANIZED AND BREAKS INTO TWO MAIN SEGMENTS ORIENTED SW-NE WITH WEAKER CONVECTION IN BETWEEN BY 09-11Z. THE CENTER PORTION FILLS BACK IN ALONG THE GUST FRONT (LIKE WE SAW WITH THE CASE ON 20050707) AND A WEAKER, BROAD BOW ECHO WITH TRAILING STRATIFORM BECOMES ESTABLISHED. THE SYSTEM CONTINUES PROPAGATING TO THE SSE FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE SHRINKING AND DISSIPATING IN NWRN IA BY 1830Z. THE AREA OF 35 DBZ ECHOES REMAINED CONTIGUOUS BUT THE 50 DBZ ECHOES DISSAPPERED. THE SYSTEM APPEARED TO BE SUSTAINED BY A LLJ ORIENTED PERPENDICULAR TO THE GUST FRONT, BUT THIS SHOULD BE VERIFIED LATER.