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Mesoscale Discussion 1608
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 24, 2014, 2:10 PM CDT for 36 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 95 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2014, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2014, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 36 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Pope County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Renville County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 3 more | 91 min |
| Aug 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Carver and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Carver and 22 more | 57 min |
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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.