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Mesoscale Discussion 1124
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2008, 6:23 PM CDT for 10 counties in Iowa; 53 counties in Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2008, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Becker County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Norman County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver and 39 more | 53 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.