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Mesoscale Discussion 781
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2020, 1:27 PM CDT for 20 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 93 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2020, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2020, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch unlikely
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 25 counties
Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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 12:00Z, 6.5 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -557 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Douglas, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Otter Tail, Stevens and 3 more | 93 min |
| Jun 2, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 30 more | 113 min |
| Jun 2, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 10 more | 118 min |
| Jun 2, 4:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Perkins, Walworth | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fall River | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020
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.