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Mesoscale Discussion 1850

July 24, 200511 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 24, 2005, 6:26 PM CDT for 11 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2005, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Allamakee County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Howard County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Richland County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 298 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1651 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
6.5

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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
Jul 24, 10:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw and 23 more117 min
Jul 24, 4:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista and 36 more95 min
Jul 24, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo and 31 more5 hr
Jul 23, 11:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Bayfield, Brown, Burnett, Calumet, Door and 25 more118 min
Jul 23, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Barron, Bayfield, Chippewa, Clark, Door and 19 more6 hr
Jul 24, 1:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Bayfield, Door, Florence, Forest, Iron and 4 more2 hr
Jul 24, 4:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDoor, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Marinette, Oconto91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2005Mesoscale 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.