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Mesoscale Discussion 1668
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2003, 2:56 AM CDT for 15 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2003, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2003, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Iron County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 2301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 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 6, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Crow Wing, Kanabec, Morrison and 2 more | 119 min |
| Jul 6, 11:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 28 more | 114 min |
| Jul 7, 1:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 14 more | 95 min |
| Jul 7, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Winona | 83 min |
| Jul 6, 8:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 12:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge and 21 more | 66 min |
| Jul 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane and 32 more | 115 min |
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.