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Mesoscale Discussion 1749

August 13, 2007Allamakee County, Iowa; 11 counties in Minnesota; 23 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 13, 2007, 11:35 PM CDT for Allamakee County, Iowa; 11 counties in Minnesota; 23 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2007, 11:35 PM CDT (04:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Dakota County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Washington County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Richland County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2007-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2096 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2007-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 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
2096 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 140435
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 140435 
WIZ000-ILZ000-IAZ000-MNZ000-140600-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1749
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...SERN MN...SWRN WI...NERN IA

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594...595...

VALID 140435Z - 140600Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
594...595...CONTINUES.

WELL ORGANIZED...FAST MOVING...MCS/S ARE ACCELERATING SEWD ACROSS
SRN PORTIONS OF WW594 INTO NRN PARTS OF WW595.  LEADING MCS IS
RACING SEWD AT 45-50KT AND WILL APPROACH THE SERN EDGE OF WW AROUND
08Z.  SECONDARY UPSTREAM MCS IS SURGING SEWD ACROSS THE MSP METRO
AREA AND WILL SOON ENTER NWRN PARTS OF WW595.  VERY STRONG
WINDS...AND EVEN HAIL...WILL BE NOTED WITH THESE ORGANIZED CLUSTERS.
 SUSTAINED WARM ADVECTION ALONG WARM FRONT WILL ENSURE THIS ACTIVITY
SPREADS INTO NRN PORTIONS OF IL LATER THIS MORNING.

..DARROW.. 08/14/2007

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...GRB...MKX...DVN...ARX...MPX...

44609371 42759099 42498958 43668888 44689099 45289298

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 11 more6 hr
Aug 14, 1:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 27 more67 min
Aug 14, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 12 more4 hr
Aug 14, 3:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw and 7 more28 min
Aug 14, 5:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 7 more62 min
Aug 14, 3:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Calhoun and 28 more85 min
Aug 14, 6:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 35 more66 min
Aug 13, 8:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue and 11 more116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.