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Mesoscale Discussion 1997
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 26, 2024, 12:35 PM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 85 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2024, 12:35 PM CDT (17:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2024, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch possible
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
Counties Aitkin County, MN, Cass County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 3708 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -3.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 11:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Crow Wing and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Carver, Cass, Chippewa and 30 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 25 more | 96 min |
| Aug 26, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 8 more | 91 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.