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Mesoscale Discussion 809

May 10, 200532 counties in Iowa

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT for 32 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2005-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 422 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 2005-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
422 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 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
May 10, 9:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler and 33 more2 hr
May 10, 9:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Clayton, Dickinson and 15 more2 hr
May 10, 11:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 35 more85 min
May 11, 3:11 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Clinton, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott and 1 more2 hr
May 11, 8:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Davis, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren and 1 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.