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Mesoscale Discussion 1173
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 27, 2014, 2:54 PM CDT for 32 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota; Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2014, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 47 counties
Becker County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Pope County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 4:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bennett, Gregory, Haakon, Hughes, Jackson, Jones and 9 more | 93 min |
| Jun 27, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fall River | 58 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014
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.