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Mesoscale Discussion 783
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2020, 3:52 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2020, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2020, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...severe thunderstorm watch likely
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 65 counties
Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Howard County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Mower County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Rock County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Clay County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Clayton, Dickinson and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Dickinson, Emmet and 7 more | 118 min |
| 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, 1:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 14 more | 93 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 |
| Jun 2, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 24 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.