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Mesoscale Discussion 1232

June 21, 200748 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Iowa; 17 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2007, 9:57 AM CDT for 48 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Iowa; 17 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2007, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2007, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 81 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Boone County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McHenry County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2007-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 683 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 2007-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
683 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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
Jun 21, 12:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Kane, McHenry and 3 more63 min
Jun 21, 3:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJo Daviess35 min
Jun 21, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHenderson, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren3 hr
Jun 21, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Carroll, Fulton, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 15 more93 min
Jun 21, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox and 6 more4 hr
Jun 20, 11:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHoward, Mitchell, Winnebago, Worth90 min
Jun 21, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek8 hr
Jun 21, 9:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux35 min
Jun 21, 9:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more6 hr
Jun 21, 11:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 16 more50 min
Jun 21, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 36 more8 hr
Jun 21, 2:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 50 more62 min
Jun 21, 3:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien and 4 more30 min
Jun 20, 7:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn and 18 more95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.