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Mesoscale Discussion 1801

July 30, 201126 counties in Minnesota; Deuel County, South Dakota; 7 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 30, 2011, 8:57 PM CDT for 26 counties in Minnesota; Deuel County, South Dakota; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2011, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Pine County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Swift County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Deuel County, SD, Barron County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2011-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2387 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2011-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
2387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
8.4

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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
Jul 30, 11:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur, McLeod and 7 more53 min
Jul 31, 12:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 12 more2 hr
Jul 31, 2:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 11 more2 hr
Jul 31, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCButte, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 7 more7 hr
Jul 30, 7:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarron, Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin and 6 more97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.