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Mesoscale Discussion 191

February 24, 200745 counties in Iowa; 12 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 24, 2007, 7:25 AM CST for 45 counties in Iowa; 12 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2007, 7:25 AM CST (13:25 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2007, 11:30 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

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, Clay County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Linn County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Scott County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Washington County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2007-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 570 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
570 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
654 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
Feb 23, 7:59 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek5 hr
Feb 24, 12:08 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee4 hr
Feb 24, 12:19 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 42 more5 hr
Feb 24, 1:34 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.