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Mesoscale Discussion 2147

September 5, 200522 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in North Dakota; 31 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 5, 2005, 7:13 PM CDT for 22 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in North Dakota; 31 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2005, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brown County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Davison County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Grant County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Turner County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 239 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Sep 5, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas, Hubbard and 9 more6 hr
Sep 5, 10:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin and 13 more65 min
Sep 5, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more5 hr
Sep 5, 11:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 44 more87 min
Sep 5, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJackson, Nobles, Rock4 hr
Sep 6, 2:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Freeborn, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2005Mesoscale 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.