Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions in 2014
Mesoscale Discussion 1650
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 31, 2014, 5:44 PM CDT for 37 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 91 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2014, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 37 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rock County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault and 19 more | 85 min |
| Aug 31, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 30 more | 6 hr |
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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.