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Mesoscale Discussion 1328

June 13, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2005, 1:56 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2005, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 107 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mills County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Page County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Story County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Union County, SD

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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 13, 4:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 40 more2 hr
Jun 13, 12:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLyon8 hr
Jun 13, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 78 more8 hr
Jun 13, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLyon, Osceola93 min
Jun 13, 11:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin and 8 more117 min
Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 38 more6 hr
Jun 13, 1:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCamden, Carter, Crawford, Dallas, Dent, Douglas and 16 more83 min
Jun 13, 12:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Perry, Scott, Stoddard2 hr
Jun 13, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Iron, Jefferson and 12 more8 hr
Jun 13, 2:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 25 more116 min
Jun 13, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Callaway, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 34 more8 hr
Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Caldwell and 29 more7 hr
Jun 13, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLincoln, Saint Charles7 hr
Jun 13, 5:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis2 hr
Jun 13, 5:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, McDonald2 hr
Jun 13, 6:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 8 more84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.