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Mesoscale Discussion 2176

September 12, 200514 counties in Minnesota; 34 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 12, 2005, 2:27 PM CDT for 14 counties in Minnesota; 34 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 2005, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rock County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Davison County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Jones County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lyman County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Potter County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 12:00Z on 2005-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 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 12, 7:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more94 min
Sep 12, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 6 more4 hr
Sep 12, 6:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Faribault and 23 more88 min
Sep 12, 5:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson and 6 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2005Mesoscale 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.