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Mesoscale Discussion 1875

July 25, 20057 counties in Iowa; 26 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 25, 2005, 9:09 PM CDT for 7 counties in Iowa; 26 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2005, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2005, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Adams County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge 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, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2005-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1972 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
1972 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
8.3

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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
Jul 25, 7:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudubon, Carroll, Greene, Mills, Pottawattamie, Shelby and 1 more65 min
Jul 25, 9:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Boone, Cass, Dallas, Fremont and 6 more55 min
Jul 25, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalumet, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Kenosha and 8 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.