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Mesoscale Discussion 626

May 9, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 9, 2004, 8:09 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2004, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties

Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Howard County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Gogebic County, MI, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Ashland County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Forest County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iron County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 351 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2004-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 903 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2004-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
903 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 2 more4 hr
May 10, 11:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Louisa and 2 more115 min
May 9, 9:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBranch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe56 min
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 24 more115 min
May 9, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 27 more7 hr
May 9, 10:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 1 more114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.