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Mesoscale Discussion 209

March 8, 20094 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 8, 2009, 12:58 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2009, 12:58 PM CDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Delta County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Brown County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Clark County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Door County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Forest County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Portage County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 335 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2009-03-08Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2009-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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
Mar 7, 8:09 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida and 11 more4 hr
Mar 8, 6:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Crawford and 14 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2009Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.