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Mesoscale Discussion 2286
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 25, 2008, 3:48 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 87 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2008, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2008, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties
Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Becker County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Clay County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rock County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Brookings County, SD, Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Union County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 11:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo and 20 more | 86 min |
Nearby
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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.