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Mesoscale Discussion 1601

July 26, 2012Boone County, McHenry County, Illinois; 33 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 26, 2012, 12:09 PM CDT for Boone County, McHenry County, Illinois; 33 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2012, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 35 counties

Boone County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Adams County, WI, Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Portage County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2012-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 826 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2012-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
826 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

885 
ACUS11 KWNS 261710
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 261709
WIZ000-ILZ000-261915-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1601
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1209 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS WI...EXTREME NRN IL...WRN LM.

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 261709Z - 261915Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT

SUMMARY...TSTMS FCST TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSIFY OVER WRN
PORTIONS DISCUSSION AREA AND MOVE ESEWD TO SEWD...WITH POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE HAIL AND OCNL DAMAGING GUSTS.

DISCUSSION...16Z SFC MESOANALYSIS SHOWS OCCLUSION TRIPLE POINT OVER
N-CENTRAL/NWRN WI W RHI...WITH DIFFUSE COLD FRONT SSWWD ACROSS
EXTREME SERN MN.  WARM FRONT WAS DRAWN FROM TRIPLE POINT SEWD ACROSS
CENTRAL LM THEN EWD AND QUASISTATIONARY OVER CENTRAL LOWER MI.  WARM
FRONT SHOULD DRIFT NEWD WHILE COLD FRONT PROCEEDS SEWD 15-20 KT.
VIS IMAGERY SHOWS WELL-DEFINED WRN LOW-CLOUD EDGE NEAR OR JUST AHEAD
OF SFC COLD FRONT...WITH THICKEST CU/TCU AND A FEW SMALL CB OVER SFC
MOIST AXIS.  THAT CORRESPONDS TO AREA OF HIGHEST BUOYANCY AND
WEAKEST CAPPING...MLCAPE RANGING FROM NEARLY 2000 J/KG OVER SWRN WI
TO AROUND 500 J/KG ALONG WARM FRONT.  CONVERGENCE SHOULD REMAIN WEAK
ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT...INDICATING
1. GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ITS E NEAR MOIST
AXIS AND
2. THREAT EVOLUTION SHOULD BE GRADUAL...NOT EXPLOSIVE IN NATURE.

AIR MASS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE IN WARM SECTOR...WITH
DIABATIC HEATING AND UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S F SFC DEW POINTS BOOSTING
MLCAPE ANOTHER 500-1000 J/KG ABOVE PRESENT VALUES THROUGH MID-AFTN.
STRONGEST DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL BE OVER SRN WI...PERHAPS SHIFTING
SWD TOWARD IL BORDER WITH TIME...IN STEP WITH MID-UPPER LEVEL JET
AXIS.  EFFECTIVE SHEAR MAGNITUDES 40-50 KT SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW SUPERCELLS...ENHANCING HAIL/WIND RISK ON STORM SCALE.

..EDWARDS/HART.. 07/26/2012

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...GRB...LOT...MKX...DVN...ARX...

LAT...LON   42779054 44398957 45488953 45288846 44528730 42058789
            42779054

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island, Stephenson and 1 more65 min
Jul 25, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Rock Island, Stephenson and 2 more6 hr
Jul 25, 11:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more86 min
Jul 26, 1:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 15 more65 min
Jul 26, 1:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Edwards and 27 more65 min
Jul 26, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Cumberland and 28 more10 hr
Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin and 24 more35 min
Jul 26, 6:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac and 5 more61 min
Jul 25, 7:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLa Crosse85 min
Jul 25, 8:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Sheboygan92 min
Jul 25, 11:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCOzaukee, Sheboygan96 min

Nearby

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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.