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Mesoscale Discussion 1108

June 6, 201110 counties in Illinois; 14 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2011, 6:15 AM CDT for 10 counties in Illinois; 14 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2011, 6:15 AM CDT (11:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2011, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Boone County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Adams County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Green County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 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 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-06Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
1924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 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 6, 1:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJo Daviess2 hr
Jun 6, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Lake, McHenry5 hr
Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford and 17 more8 hr
Jun 6, 10:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calumet, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marathon and 11 more93 min
Jun 6, 2:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDoor, Florence, Forest, Marinette, Oneida, Vilas118 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.