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Mesoscale Discussion 1750

August 14, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 14, 2007, 1:23 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2007, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2007, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 78 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Howard County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Scott County, IA, Tama County, IA, Washington County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Boone County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Lee County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stark County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 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 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2007-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 396 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 2007-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
396 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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
Aug 14, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBureau, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb, DeWitt, Fulton and 27 more4 hr
Aug 14, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGrundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Will86 min
Aug 14, 5:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Bureau, Cass, DeWitt, DuPage, Ford and 28 more62 min
Aug 13, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 11 more6 hr
Aug 13, 11:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee85 min
Aug 14, 3:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw and 7 more28 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 Iowa, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.