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Mesoscale Discussion 1296
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2014, 1:53 PM CDT for 16 counties in Minnesota; 24 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2014, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 40 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Washington County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Adams County, WI, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Portage County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Washburn County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 24 more | 88 min |
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth and 1 more | 64 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.