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Mesoscale Discussion 913

May 28, 20079 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 28, 2007, 8:02 PM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2007, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2007, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 254 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 2007-05-29Temperature 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 2007-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 290102
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 290102 
MNZ000-NDZ000-290230-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0913
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0802 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS E-CENTRAL/NERN ND...NWRN MN.

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 303...

VALID 290102Z - 290230Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 303 CONTINUES.

MOST INTENSE STORM SO FAR...WHICH PRODUCED TORNADO IN KITTSON COUNTY
MN AT 0025Z...IS TURNING MORE RIGHTWARD AS OF 0045Z BUT STILL SHOULD
MOVE INTO CANADA BEFORE 115Z.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE INVOF SFC CYCLONE -- ANALYZED OVER NERN ND BETWEEN DVL-RDR
-- AND FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDING SW-NE THROUGH THAT CYCLONE.  MOST
FAVORABLY BACKED SFC WINDS...OVERLAP OF STRONGEST DEEP-LAYER BULK
SHEAR AND WARM SECTOR...AND LARGEST LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS EACH SHOULD
REMAIN INVOF MN/MB BORDER FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. 
THEREAFTER...ALTHOUGH FRONTAL ZONE AND BACKED SFC FLOW WILL SHIFT
NEWD ACROSS BORDER...STRENGTHENING LLJ SHOULD HELP TO MAINTAIN
FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL SHEAR.  THERMODYNAMICALLY...SBCINH IS NEAR
TEMPORAL RELATIVE MINIMUM ATTM OVER WW AREA...SUPPORTING GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SFC-BASED DEVELOPMENT IN NEXT 1-2 HOURS
AMIDST MLCAPES ESTIMATED IN 1500-2500 J/KG RANGE.

..EDWARDS.. 05/29/2007

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...FGF...BIS...

48949506 48009553 47119564 47129613 46609637 46669839
47659858 49009783

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant, Kidder and 6 more2 hr
May 28, 10:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman88 min
May 29, 1:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEmmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in North 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.