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Mesoscale Discussion 1995

September 21, 20078 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 21, 2007, 3:08 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2007, 3:08 AM CDT (08:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2007, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cook County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Price County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2007-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 555 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
555 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
616 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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
Sep 20, 8:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMurray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock95 min
Sep 20, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more7 hr
Sep 21, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay and 28 more6 hr
Sep 21, 3:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay and 27 more2 hr
Sep 21, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 24 more5 hr
Sep 21, 1:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChisago, Cook, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn and 10 more116 min
Sep 21, 3:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston88 min
Sep 21, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHouston4 hr
Sep 20, 11:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarron, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 9 more81 min
Sep 21, 10:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Dodge and 27 more66 min
Sep 21, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Ashland, Bayfield, Chippewa, Clark, Eau Claire and 25 more8 hr
Sep 21, 6:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green, Iowa and 7 more88 min
Sep 21, 6:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Sheboygan86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.