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Mesoscale Discussion 2174

December 1, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 1, 2007, 12:01 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2007, 12:01 PM CST (18:01 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 158 counties

Adair 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, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clay County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Emmet 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, Harrison County, IA, Henry County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monona County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Scott County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Boone County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry 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, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McHenry County, IL, McLean County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stark County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Blue Earth County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Houston County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Lafayette 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), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2007-12-01Temperature 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 2007-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2848 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
419 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
Dec 1, 6:48 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 3 more3 hr
Dec 1, 7:04 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, Mercer, Peoria and 3 more4 hr
Dec 1, 12:05 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold and 1 more4 hr
Dec 1, 12:29 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMonona, Plymouth, Woodbury4 hr
Dec 1, 12:17 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton and 47 more6 hr

Nearby

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