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Mesoscale Discussion 1608

July 3, 200511 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 3, 2005, 1:12 AM CDT for 11 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2005, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2005, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Cavalier County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1756 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
1756 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.1

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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
Jul 2, 8:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more2 hr
Jul 2, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 17 more7 hr
Jul 2, 11:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more2 hr
Jul 3, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Koochiching, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more4 hr
Jul 3, 3:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 56 more33 min
Jul 3, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 37 more5 hr
Jul 3, 5:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods and 2 more26 min
Jul 3, 6:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more66 min
Jul 3, 8:09 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower and 4 more66 min
Jul 3, 1:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn and 10 more3 hr
Jul 3, 6:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more118 min
Jul 2, 9:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland, Sargent2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 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.