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Mesoscale Discussion 1609
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 3, 2005, 3:27 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2005, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2005, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 94 counties
Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Mower County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pine 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, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Turner County, SD, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Jackson County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
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 3, 6:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clay, Dickinson and 13 more | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 8:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton and 11 more | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 1:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll and 28 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 15 more | 118 min |
| Jul 2, 8:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods and 5 more | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Koochiching, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods and 2 more | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 9:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beadle, Bennett, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo and 40 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in South 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.