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Mesoscale Discussion 1230

June 21, 200717 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2007, 7:14 AM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2007, 7:14 AM CDT (12:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2007, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Moody County, SD, Potter County, SD, Spink County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2007-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 245 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2007-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-388 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1393 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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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
Jun 20, 8:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Dodge, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Olmsted, Rice and 2 more92 min
Jun 20, 11:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 7 more90 min
Jun 21, 2:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Traverse, Yellow Medicine95 min
Jun 21, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Traverse, Wilkin8 hr
Jun 21, 3:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 32 more95 min
Jun 21, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Dodge and 33 more8 hr
Jun 21, 9:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more35 min
Jun 21, 9:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more6 hr
Jun 21, 11:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 25 more67 min
Jun 21, 11:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 19 more50 min
Jun 21, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 20 more8 hr
Jun 21, 2:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 28 more62 min
Jun 21, 3:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more30 min
Jun 21, 3:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 20 more35 min
Jun 21, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston93 min
Jun 21, 5:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day and 10 more86 min
Jun 21, 2:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCorson, Dewey, Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach92 min
Jun 21, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBennett, Butte, Custer, Dewey, Fall River, Haakon and 12 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.