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Mesoscale Discussion 1578

July 24, 201226 counties in Minnesota; 10 counties in North Dakota; 14 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 24, 2012, 11:24 PM CDT for 26 counties in Minnesota; 10 counties in North Dakota; 14 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2012, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

Aitkin County, MN, Becker County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clay County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pope County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2012-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2782 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2012-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2782 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
367 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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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 24, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Cass, Clay, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 8 more7 hr
Jul 25, 2:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine55 min
Jul 25, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 13 more5 hr
Jul 25, 3:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and 2 more34 min
Jul 25, 5:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass, Chisago and 20 more66 min
Jul 25, 1:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Grant and 14 more2 hr
Jul 25, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 11 more8 hr
Jul 24, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 19 more7 hr
Jul 25, 2:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBon Homme, Clay, Hutchinson, Turner, Union, Yankton113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.