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Mesoscale Discussion 702

May 9, 2022Itasca County, Koochiching County, Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 9, 2022, 6:15 PM CDT for Itasca County, Koochiching County, Minnesota. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2022, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2022, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 305 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 413 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 5:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi and 19 more	63 min
May 9, 7:14 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Hennepin and 17 more	91 min
May 9, 7:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Crow Wing and 22 more	4 hr
May 9, 9:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec and 7 more	59 min
May 9, 9:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Washington	3 hr
May 9, 1:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 30 more	96 min
May 9, 2:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago and 32 more	7 hr
May 9, 5:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted, Pine and 3 more	84 min

Nearby

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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.