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Mesoscale Discussion 993

June 17, 201025 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota; 28 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 17, 2010, 4:46 PM CDT for 25 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota; 28 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2010, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2010, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 59 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Howard County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Tama County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Grant County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Iron County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Price County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Washburn County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2010-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2010-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-317 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 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
Jun 17, 12:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet and 11 more87 min
Jun 17, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo and 28 more8 hr
Jun 17, 3:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 16 more59 min
Jun 17, 4:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFremont, Page58 min
Jun 17, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more7 hr
Jun 17, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more7 hr
Jun 17, 7:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 3 more97 min
Jun 17, 12:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 1 more56 min
Jun 17, 12:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more9 hr
Jun 17, 1:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis96 min
Jun 17, 2:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk and 2 more57 min
Jun 17, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more9 hr
Jun 17, 6:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClearwater, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Pennington, Polk and 1 more64 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2010Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2010Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2010Every mesoscale discussion in 2010

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.