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Mesoscale Discussion 958
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2015, 7:59 PM CDT for 5 counties in Iowa; 20 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 91 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2015, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties
Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rock County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Bon Homme County, SD, Clay County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Fremont and 9 more | 92 min |
| Jun 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines | 114 min |
| Jun 10, 3:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fall River | 88 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.