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Mesoscale Discussion 785
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2005, 7:14 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2005, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 128 counties
Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Worth County, IA, Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater 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, Grant County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall 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, Norman County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Pine County, MN, Polk County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Washington County, NE, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 12:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Crow Wing, Dakota and 20 more | 92 min |
| May 9, 12:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Green, Iowa and 10 more | 90 min |
| May 9, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Dane, Dodge and 27 more | 7 hr |
| May 9, 3:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 21 more | 89 min |
| May 9, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Dane, Dodge and 27 more | 28 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.