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Mesoscale Discussion 1583
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2003, 5:14 PM CDT for 20 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2003, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2003, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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, 1:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 18 more | 2 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 |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003
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.