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Mesoscale Discussion 1208
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2005, 5:04 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2005, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Howard County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Linn County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Tama County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Mower County, MN, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Lafayette County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Franklin and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 7:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest and 22 more | 85 min |
| Jun 5, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Door | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Door | 85 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.