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Mesoscale Discussion 1581
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2003, 1:27 PM CDT for 24 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2003, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2003, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 11:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago and 14 more | 61 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.