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Mesoscale Discussion 1633

July 4, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 4, 2005, 2:53 AM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2005, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2005, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 97 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Washington County, IA, Boone County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McHenry County, IL, McLean County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stark County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Lake County, IN, Benzie County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Mason County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Adams County, WI, Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Door County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Portage County, WI, Racine County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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 nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1480 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
1480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-319 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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
Jul 4, 11:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 41 more92 min
Jul 4, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 41 more6 hr
Jul 4, 12:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMonroe84 min
Jul 4, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Johnson, Perry and 4 more6 hr
Jul 4, 3:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 49 more83 min
Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more94 min
Jul 4, 2:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCElkhart, LaGrange, Saint Joseph87 min
Jul 4, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton and 17 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2005Mesoscale 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.