Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions in 2005
Mesoscale Discussion 2149
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 5, 2005, 10:10 PM CDT for 19 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2005, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2005, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 300 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
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Grant and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas, Hubbard and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 44 more | 87 min |
| Sep 5, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Freeborn, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha | 83 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.