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Mesoscale Discussion 1439

June 24, 200513 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 24, 2005, 6:58 AM CDT for 13 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2005, 6:58 AM CDT (11:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2005, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Taylor County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:01 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 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 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 895 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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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 23, 8:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBayfield, Douglas58 min
Jun 24, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Clark, Door, Florence, Forest, Jackson and 15 more8 hr
Jun 24, 10:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Florence, Forest, Jackson, Langlade, Marinette and 8 more96 min
Jun 24, 12:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage and 2 more66 min
Jun 24, 2:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette and 3 more86 min
Jun 24, 2:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Door, Kewaunee, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie and 3 more35 min
Jun 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Grant, Iowa, Juneau, Lafayette, Monroe and 3 more7 hr
Jun 24, 5:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane and 26 more23 min
Jun 24, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 10 more5 hr

Nearby

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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.