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Mesoscale Discussion 1570
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 11, 2011, 2:36 AM CDT for 58 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 114 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2011, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2011, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clay County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Linn County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monroe County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 4133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 84 min |
| Jul 10, 9:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd and 9 more | 67 min |
| Jul 10, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Harrison, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware and 8 more | 90 min |
| Jul 10, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 38 more | 13 min |
| Jul 11, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 38 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Chickasaw, Clayton and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 15 more | 113 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.