Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions in 2005
Mesoscale Discussion 1944
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 9, 2005, 2:36 AM CDT for 16 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota; 7 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 114 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2005, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2005, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pine County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Walworth County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1034 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 11:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Wilkin | 97 min |
| Aug 9, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carlton, Pine | 115 min |
| Aug 9, 11:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Le Sueur and 11 more | 95 min |
| Aug 9, 11:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti and 11 more | 84 min |
| Aug 9, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Winona | 94 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 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.