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Mesoscale Discussion 1143
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2016, 1:19 PM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2016, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 95%
All 25 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Pope County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson and 12 more | 91 min |
| Jul 4, 11:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Stevens and 2 more | 93 min |
| Jul 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more | 97 min |
| Jul 5, 5:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Itasca, Lake, Saint Louis | 118 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016
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.