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Mesoscale Discussion 1112
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 10, 2012, 1:34 PM CDT for 35 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2012, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 35 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Murray County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 12:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Wilkin | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Norman, Traverse, Wilkin | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth and 58 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown and 45 more | 67 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.