Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions in 2006
Mesoscale Discussion 2065
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 3, 2006, 6:20 PM CDT for 19 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 85 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2006, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Jackson County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 11:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Douglas, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stearns and 4 more | 62 min |
| Oct 3, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 26 more | 93 min |
| Oct 3, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 23 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha and 7 more | 64 min |
| Oct 3, 6:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barron, Burnett, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Menominee and 8 more | 84 min |
| Oct 3, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Dodge and 27 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006
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.