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Mesoscale Discussion 1178

June 5, 200520 counties in Iowa; 42 counties in Minnesota; 23 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2005, 12:19 PM CDT for 20 counties in Iowa; 42 counties in Minnesota; 23 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2005, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 85 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago 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, Isanti County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Lake County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Washburn County, WI

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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 41 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 201 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista and 43 more7 hr
Jun 4, 7:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 24 more2 hr
Jun 4, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 27 more8 hr
Jun 4, 9:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Decatur, Fremont, Lucas, Monroe, Page and 3 more87 min
Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 28 more90 min
Jun 4, 10:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Decatur, Monroe, Page, Ringgold, Taylor and 1 more52 min
Jun 4, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Harrison and 10 more5 hr
Jun 5, 12:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 22 more95 min
Jun 5, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette and 4 more6 hr
Jun 5, 3:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette and 4 more84 min
Jun 5, 6:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Bremer, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard and 2 more53 min
Jun 4, 7:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa and 29 more90 min
Jun 4, 11:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson and 9 more5 hr
Jun 5, 2:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calumet, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson and 14 more83 min
Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrown, Calumet, Florence, Forest, Iron, Kewaunee and 16 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.