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Mesoscale Discussion 1385
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 12, 2013, 9:13 PM CDT for 22 counties in Minnesota; Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota; 9 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 92 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2013, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2013, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 6 more | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Dunn and 13 more | 87 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013
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.