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Mesoscale Discussion 1716

August 10, 20074 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 10, 2007, 6:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2007, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2007, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 2007-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 234 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 12:00Z on 2007-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Aug 10, 2:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKittson, Marshall, Roseau87 min
Aug 10, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.