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Mesoscale Discussion 415

April 3, 20075 counties in Illinois; 55 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 3, 2007, 1:27 AM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois; 55 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2007, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties

Allamakee 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, Cedar County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Linn County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monona County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Scott County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Richland County, WI

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2007-04-03Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 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
Apr 2, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside8 hr
Apr 2, 11:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Stephenson, Winnebago57 min
Apr 3, 4:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Fulton, Hancock and 19 more55 min
Apr 3, 4:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 16 more6 hr
Apr 3, 7:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Greene and 15 more88 min
Apr 3, 9:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 26 more67 min
Apr 3, 9:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 37 more29 min
Apr 3, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 32 more6 hr
Apr 3, 11:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 11 more26 min
Apr 3, 11:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford and 30 more8 hr
Apr 3, 2:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards and 26 more65 min
Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 86 more115 min
Apr 2, 11:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Decatur and 11 more65 min
Apr 3, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 24 more7 hr
Apr 3, 2:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 24 more53 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.