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Mesoscale Discussion 1455

June 25, 200546 counties in Iowa; 28 counties in Nebraska; Clay County, Union County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2005, 12:04 AM CDT for 46 counties in Iowa; 28 counties in Nebraska; Clay County, Union County, South Dakota. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2005, 12:04 AM CDT (05:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2005, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties

Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin 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, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Holt County, NE, Howard County, NE, Knox County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Valley County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Clay County, SD, Union County, SD

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2829 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 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
2829 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
19.2

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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 24, 8:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Allamakee, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 74 more33 min
Jun 24, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudubon, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 37 more8 hr
Jun 25, 2:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Sac and 1 more67 min
Jun 25, 3:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Grundy and 9 more37 min
Jun 25, 3:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 29 more115 min
Jun 25, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll and 26 more3 hr
Jun 24, 7:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne and 16 more88 min
Jun 24, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 11 more7 hr
Jun 24, 11:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Blaine, Box Butte, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 21 more67 min
Jun 25, 4:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock88 min
Jun 25, 5:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Garden, Kimball and 4 more95 min
Jun 25, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel and 9 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.