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Mesoscale Discussion 1334

June 13, 2005Lyon County, Osceola County, Iowa; 49 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2005, 5:42 PM CDT for Lyon County, Osceola County, Iowa; 49 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2005, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties

Lyon County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Rock County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 40 more2 hr
Jun 13, 12:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLyon8 hr
Jun 13, 1:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista and 59 more94 min
Jun 13, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 78 more8 hr
Jun 13, 11:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin and 8 more117 min
Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 38 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.