Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions in 2006
Mesoscale Discussion 2182
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 9, 2006, 11:47 PM CST for 8 counties in Iowa; 22 counties in Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 2006, 11:47 PM CST (05:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2006, 5:45 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties
Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Rice County, MN, Rock County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 7:03 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Mitchell, Palo Alto and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 10, 9:34 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque and 9 more | 116 min |
| Nov 10, 12:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 4 hr |
| Nov 10, 12:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 58 min |
| Nov 10, 12:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 3 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.