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Mesoscale Discussion 1839

July 23, 200512 counties in Illinois; 4 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 23, 2005, 4:49 PM CDT for 12 counties in Illinois; 4 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2005, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Boone County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN, Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2005-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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 2005-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-350 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 23, 3:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and 3 more95 min
Jul 23, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and 3 more69 min
Jul 23, 9:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson and 10 more88 min
Jul 23, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 10 more5 hr
Jul 23, 12:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Barron, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark and 21 more96 min
Jul 23, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 17 more3 hr
Jul 23, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Kenosha and 8 more2 hr

Nearby

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