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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 694

July 31, 2005Beltrami County, Koochiching County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 31, 2005, 1:30 AM CDT for Beltrami County, Koochiching County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2005, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2005, 4:27 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 234 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2417 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
10.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 1:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 1 more93 min
Jul 31, 3:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods59 min

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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.