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Mesoscale Discussion 1241

July 10, 201614 counties in Minnesota; 26 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 10, 2016, 10:16 PM CDT for 14 counties in Minnesota; 26 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2016, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Becker County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Wells County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Day County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2016-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1848 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2016-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1848 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more6 hr
Jul 11, 1:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Cass and 27 more89 min
Jul 11, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Beltrami, Benton, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 13 more5 hr
Jul 11, 3:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti and 5 more83 min
Jul 11, 4:06 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Traverse and 1 more84 min
Jul 11, 3:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 28 more119 min
Jul 11, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more7 hr
Jul 11, 5:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kandiyohi and 5 more58 min
Jul 11, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 5 more4 hr
Jul 11, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPine5 hr
Jul 10, 7:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier, Dunn and 28 more55 min
Jul 11, 1:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Kidder and 7 more58 min
Jul 11, 4:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenson, Burleigh, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Kidder and 6 more117 min
Jul 10, 7:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrule, Buffalo, Dewey, Faulk, Haakon, Hand and 12 more96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2016Mesoscale 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.