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Mesoscale Discussion 1036

June 7, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 7, 2007, 9:11 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2007, 9:11 AM CDT (14:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 86 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Allamakee County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Linn County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Page County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Andrew County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Worth County, MO, Crawford County, WI

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:13 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 267 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 2007-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 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 2007-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 372 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-791 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Jun 6, 10:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLyon, Sioux2 hr
Jun 7, 3:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 2 more55 min
Jun 7, 11:34 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAdair, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 59 more10 hr
Jun 7, 3:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton and 19 more97 min
Jun 6, 8:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Clay, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Norman, Otter Tail and 5 more61 min
Jun 6, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBecker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas and 16 more7 hr
Jun 6, 11:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Lac qui Parle and 8 more2 hr
Jun 7, 2:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 20 more58 min
Jun 7, 3:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 8 more54 min
Jun 7, 10:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant and 9 more87 min
Jun 7, 11:11 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Cass, Clay and 20 more7 hr
Jun 7, 2:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Grant and 10 more116 min
Jun 7, 4:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Chippewa, Isanti, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker and 9 more2 hr
Jun 7, 5:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis53 min
Jun 7, 1:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 16 more119 min
Jun 7, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 36 more8 hr
Jun 7, 3:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon93 min
Jun 7, 6:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay and 10 more2 hr
Jun 7, 2:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Florence and 23 more115 min
Jun 7, 2:41 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBrown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Door and 31 more9 hr
Jun 7, 5:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calumet, Dodge, Door, Fond du Lac, Green Lake and 16 more61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.