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Mesoscale Discussion 2257

December 22, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 22, 2007, 6:46 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2007, 6:46 PM CST (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 2007, 10:45 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 103 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Scott County, IA, Tama County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Knox County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Pike County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Howard County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Pike County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Adams County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Waushara County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 290 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2007-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2007-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 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
534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 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 23, 12:37 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJo Daviess6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.