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Mesoscale Discussion 1186

June 5, 20058 counties in Iowa; 14 counties in Minnesota; 24 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT for 8 counties in Iowa; 14 counties in Minnesota; 24 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Carlton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Lake County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Washington County, MN, Winona 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, Richland County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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

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
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, 12:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton and 14 more86 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 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 Wisconsin, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.