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Mesoscale Discussion 104
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 29, 2008, 11:34 AM EST for 5 counties in Michigan; Houston County, Wabasha County, Winona County, Minnesota; 37 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2008, 11:34 AM EST (16:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2008, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties
Baraga County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Iron County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Houston County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Iron County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Portage County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 294 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 6:38 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe | 97 min |
| Jan 29, 8:39 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green and 10 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.