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Mesoscale Discussion 1078

June 3, 2011Iron County, Michigan; Goodhue County, Wabasha County, Minnesota; 32 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2011, 3:33 PM CDT for Iron County, Michigan; Goodhue County, Wabasha County, Minnesota; 32 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2011, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Iron County, MI, Goodhue County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk 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, Vilas County, WI, Washburn County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2011-06-03Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2011-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 3, 1:11 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more94 min
Jun 3, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more4 hr
Jun 3, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Lake, Pine and 1 more5 hr
Jun 3, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Chippewa and 31 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.