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Mesoscale Discussion 1833
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2003, 9:58 AM CDT for 23 counties in Iowa; 38 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2003, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2003, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties
Bremer County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 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 nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -643 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 14, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 18 more | 113 min |
| Jul 14, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson and 9 more | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson and 9 more | 85 min |
| Jul 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Big Stone, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 37 more | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carlton, Carver and 36 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Itasca | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Jackson, Martin, Nicollet, Watonwan | 116 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.