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Mesoscale Discussion 1465

June 25, 200535 counties in Iowa

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2005, 3:35 PM CDT for 35 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2005, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Adair County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Benton 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, Cass County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Madison County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 293 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2005-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 573 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2005-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
573 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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, 12:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler and 40 more86 min
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, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll and 26 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.