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Mesoscale Discussion 1549

June 29, 200524 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 29, 2005, 11:23 PM CDT for 24 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2005, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Adams County, WI, Clark County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Portage County, WI, Price County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2005-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2005-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 29, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn8 hr
Jun 29, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, La Crosse and 5 more7 hr
Jun 29, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford6 hr
Jun 29, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Clark, Columbia, Dane, Green, Iowa and 16 more5 hr
Jun 29, 11:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn2 hr
Jun 30, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Calumet, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson and 12 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.