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Mesoscale Discussion 1303
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2015, 9:54 AM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 96 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2015, 9:54 AM CDT (14:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2015, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 60%
All 24 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 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
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 283 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
- 1258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 5, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Clay and 22 more | 86 min |
| Jul 5, 3:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 119 min |
| Jul 5, 5:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 2 more | 118 min |
| Jul 5, 2:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie | 54 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015
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.