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Mesoscale Discussion 2090

September 1, 201113 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 1, 2011, 3:40 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2011, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2011, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2011-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2011-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 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.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more6 hr
Sep 1, 6:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching and 1 more36 min
Aug 31, 8:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBillings, Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 10 more66 min
Aug 31, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBillings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn and 19 more7 hr
Aug 31, 10:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Hettinger, McHenry, McLean and 9 more96 min
Sep 1, 12:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Eddy, Foster, Griggs and 14 more58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in North 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.