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Mesoscale Discussion 1385
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2008, 11:36 PM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2008, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2008, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Lake County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:38 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 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas and 15 more | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 9:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 22 more | 87 min |
| Jun 15, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Richland | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge and 19 more | 97 min |
| Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Florence, Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon and 11 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.